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Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away. He would go and look. He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs. As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips. Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
Reading 14/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 66–70
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He would go and look.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
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From this reading He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs.
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From this reading He would go and look.
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From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would go and look.
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From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
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From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would go and look.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
not any; not one
From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
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From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs.
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From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Perhaps the signs of evil had already gone away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
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From this reading He took the lamp from the table and crept upstairs.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would go and look.
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From this reading Yes, he would be good, and the hideous thing that he had hidden away would no longer be a terror to him.
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From this reading As he unbarred the door, a smile of joy flitted across his strangely young-looking face and lingered for a moment about his lips.
