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The Midnight Queen
The Midnight Queen

Chapter XII · Doom

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“Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.
“Faugh!
The sight of blood has made me sick.”
“And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.
“My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”
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The Midnight Queen

Chapter XII · Doom

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.
Line 2
“Faugh!
Line 3
The sight of blood has made me sick.”
Line 4
“And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.
Line 5
“My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Added noun US /added/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.”

Appetite noun US /ˈæpətaɪt/

a desire for food

From this reading ““And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.”

Beside preposition US /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading ““And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.”

Blood noun US /blood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The sight of blood has made me sick.””

Dead noun US /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!””

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “The sight of blood has made me sick.””

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading ““Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

addednounUS /added/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

appetitenounUS /ˈæpətaɪt/

a desire for food

From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

away

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

beauty

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From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

bloodnounUS /blood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The sight of blood has made me sick.”

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

deadnounUS /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

Dieu

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

elegant

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From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

enough

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

Faugh

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From this reading “Faugh!

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

glancing

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

Gloucester

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

go

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The sight of blood has made me sick.”

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

hideous

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

living

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

Lord

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

made

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From this reading The sight of blood has made me sick.”

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The sight of blood has made me sick.”

mon

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

more

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

queen

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

repulsion

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

revolting

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

said

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

shudder

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

sick

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From this reading The sight of blood has made me sick.”

sight

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

supper

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From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

taken

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From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.

ten

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

times

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From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

turning

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From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading “My Lord Gloucester was hideous enough when living, but, mon Dieu! he is ten times more so when dead!”

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading “Let us go,” said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.

youthful

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From this reading “And taken away my appetite for supper,” added a youthful and elegant beauty beside her.