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Chapter IX
His head disappeared below the rim. I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings. I lay down on the ledge and listened. I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it. Then the silence closed in.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “His head disappeared below the rim.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “His head disappeared below the rim.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Then the silence closed in.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.”
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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 I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading His head disappeared below the rim.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
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From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
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From this reading Then the silence closed in.
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From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
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From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
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From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His head disappeared below the rim.
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From this reading I lay down on the ledge and listened.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
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From this reading His head disappeared below the rim.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
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From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His head disappeared below the rim.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then the silence closed in.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
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From this reading I lay down on the ledge and listened.
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From this reading I lay down on the ledge and listened.
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From this reading I lay down on the ledge and listened.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I lay down on the ledge and listened.
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From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
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From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
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From this reading His head disappeared below the rim.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Then the silence closed in.
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From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
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From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His head disappeared below the rim.
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From this reading Then the silence closed in.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
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From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I could hear the trees creak under his heavy body, and the chains rattle a little at the splicings.
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From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I could hear him for a long way down, and the sounds were comforting to me, though I didn’t realize it.
