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Chapter IV
Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess. Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap. Secret of eternal youth—where art thou? Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.” Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
later than; following
From this reading “Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.”
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.””
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.”
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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 Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
later than; following
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every second the answer comes—“Here, here, here.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Listen to thine own heartbeats, O weary seeker after external miracles.
in or at the place that
From this reading Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Again followed that wonderful bow, as the Colonel lightly touched the pale cheek of the poetess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Secret of eternal youth—where art thou?
