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Chapter III
The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room. And then she came over and cried around me again. It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof. About that time somebody else knocked at the door. “Thank goodness,” I said to myself.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “About that time somebody else knocked at the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And then she came over and cried around me again.”
any thing at all
From this reading “The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “And then she came over and cried around me again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And then she came over and cried around me again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading ““Thank goodness,” I said to myself.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “And then she came over and cried around me again.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “About that time somebody else knocked at the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “About that time somebody else knocked at the door.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.”
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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 It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About that time somebody else knocked at the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
any thing at all
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About that time somebody else knocked at the door.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
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From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
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From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
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From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About that time somebody else knocked at the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
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From this reading “Thank goodness,” I said to myself.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
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From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
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From this reading About that time somebody else knocked at the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
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From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Thank goodness,” I said to myself.
above and across; more than
From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
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From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thank goodness,” I said to myself.
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From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
a person, without saying who
From this reading About that time somebody else knocked at the door.
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From this reading “Thank goodness,” I said to myself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading About that time somebody else knocked at the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
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From this reading And then she came over and cried around me again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About that time somebody else knocked at the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
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From this reading It’s a good thing I had enough rubber in me to be water-proof.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The girl pointed to the door without saying anything, and the dark man left the room.
