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Chapter I
“I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.” And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand. “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance. “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.” The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.””
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.””
but in spite of that
From this reading ““Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.””
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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 can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
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From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
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From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
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From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
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From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
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From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
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From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
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From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
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From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
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From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
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From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
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From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
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From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
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From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand.
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From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
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From this reading The old woman sat staring hard into the fire, her pale eyes wide open.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Eight-and-twenty years,” said I, “I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I can assure you,” said I, “that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “It is your own choosing,” said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance.
