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Chapter II
The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind. She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul. ‘I must be going,’ she murmured. ‘So sorry! It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “‘I must be going,’ she murmured.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’”
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From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘I must be going,’ she murmured.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
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From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
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From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
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From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
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From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
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From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
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From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
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From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
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From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
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From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
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From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
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From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
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From this reading ‘I must be going,’ she murmured.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
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From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
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From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I must be going,’ she murmured.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
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From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I must be going,’ she murmured.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ‘I must be going,’ she murmured.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘So sorry!
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From this reading ‘So sorry!
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From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The female acquaintance got up, disturbed in her mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She did not like the look of Delicia’s violet eyes which flashed like straight shafts of light deep into the dark recesses of her soul.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It’s quite delightful to hear you talk, Lady Carlyon, you are so very eloquent!—but I have another call to make—he-he-he!—good afternoon!’
