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Chapter XVI
There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling. “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously. “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn. “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?” Cuccini took the key.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.”
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading ““Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Cuccini took the key.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.”
The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.
From this reading ““Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?””
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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 “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
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From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
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From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
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From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
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From this reading “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Are the bolts on the inside of a condemned cell?” asked Oberzohn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
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From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Looks like the condemned cell to me,” grumbled Cuccini suspiciously.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cuccini took the key.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.
From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
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From this reading There were three long windows heavily barred and placed just under the ceiling.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Does the good warden give you the key as I give you?”
