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Chapter X
"I--fall!" he managed to ejaculate. Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair. He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced. He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him. He sat suddenly erect.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He sat suddenly erect.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.”
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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 Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
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From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
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From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
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From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
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From this reading Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
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From this reading Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
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From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
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From this reading "I--fall!" he managed to ejaculate.
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From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He sat suddenly erect.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I--fall!" he managed to ejaculate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
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From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
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From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
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From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I--fall!" he managed to ejaculate.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
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From this reading Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
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From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I--fall!" he managed to ejaculate.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
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From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I--fall!" he managed to ejaculate.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
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From this reading He sat suddenly erect.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He sat suddenly erect.
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From this reading Mrs. Herman caught him, and supported him to a chair.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I--fall!" he managed to ejaculate.
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From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He tried to grope back into the dusk of his mind to tell what had happened, and the fiery glow of the moment in which he had kissed the hand of Mrs. Fenton came back to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He felt her arm around him, and he wondered how he came to be thus embraced.
