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Chapter II
And again he lapsed into silence. "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him? Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life? No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room. "No!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And again he lapsed into silence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “And again he lapsed into silence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “"What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And again he lapsed into silence.
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From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And again he lapsed into silence.
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
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From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
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From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And again he lapsed into silence.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And again he lapsed into silence.
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From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
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From this reading And again he lapsed into silence.
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
not any; not one
From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
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From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
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From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
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From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading And again he lapsed into silence.
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
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From this reading No!" he cried again in anguish some minutes later, his voice sounding weirdly in the old-world little room.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What if Roddy knew--what if those fiends told him?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ah! what would he think of the other side of his father's life?
