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The step on the stair
The step on the stair

Chapter X

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“She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
XXXIX What should I say to her?
How begin?
How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
Futile questions.
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The step on the stair

Chapter X

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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“She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”
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XXXIX What should I say to her?
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How begin?
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How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?
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Futile questions.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.””

Myself pronoun US /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading “How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?”

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”

begin

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clasp

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

dear

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due

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

eleven

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From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”

face

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Futile

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From this reading Futile questions.

hand

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?

How

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From this reading How begin?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?

keep

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

poise

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

possibly

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

questions

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responding

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

say

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From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?

see

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From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?

to-morrow

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From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”

turned

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

up

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From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading How keep the poise due to her and due to myself, with her dear face turned up to mine and possibly her hand responding to my clasp?

XXXIX

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From this reading XXXIX What should I say to her?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “She will see you to-morrow morning at eleven.”