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Chapter IV
‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’ Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds. And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’ A profound silence falls on the group. Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “A profound silence falls on the group.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.”
belonging to which person
From this reading “Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.”
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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 ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
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From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
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From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
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From this reading And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’
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From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
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From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A profound silence falls on the group.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
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From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
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From this reading A profound silence falls on the group.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
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From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
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From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A profound silence falls on the group.
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From this reading And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A profound silence falls on the group.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading A profound silence falls on the group.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
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From this reading And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Involuntarily, unconsciously, all their eyes follow his, to the trees in the Cottage grounds.
at the time that
From this reading And there ‘All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.’
belonging to which person
From this reading Captain Lennox, whose eyeglass is immovably fixed on something in the distance, is the first to break it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords as any polysyllable in the language.’
