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Chapter XIV
As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered. Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing. She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death. “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die. I am at the end of my line of life.”
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To lose or emit fluid, or metaphorically to seep magical essence from an enchanted tome.
From this reading “Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.”
the movement of the tide away from the land
From this reading “As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.”
except if; if not
From this reading ““Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.”
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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 As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am at the end of my line of life.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I am at the end of my line of life.”
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From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
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From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
To lose or emit fluid, or metaphorically to seep magical essence from an enchanted tome.
From this reading Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
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From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
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From this reading Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
the movement of the tide away from the land
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
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From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
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From this reading I am at the end of my line of life.”
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From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
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From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am at the end of my line of life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am at the end of my line of life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am at the end of my line of life.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.
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From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
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From this reading Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
except if; if not
From this reading “Unless something happens,” she said to herself, in the perfect lucidity of final suffering, “I shall die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her passion seemed to bleed to death, and there was nothing.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
