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Chapter III
So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way. As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted. He sank, at length, into a deep silence. He sat with downcast eyes, utterly distracted. Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.”
a period of time or extent
From this reading “He sank, at length, into a deep silence.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “He sank, at length, into a deep silence.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.”
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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 He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
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From this reading He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading He sat with downcast eyes, utterly distracted.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading He sat with downcast eyes, utterly distracted.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading He sat with downcast eyes, utterly distracted.
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From this reading Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
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From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
a period of time or extent
From this reading He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
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From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
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From this reading He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
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From this reading He sat with downcast eyes, utterly distracted.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading He sank, at length, into a deep silence.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
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From this reading He sat with downcast eyes, utterly distracted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading So fierce was the conflict in him that his outward nonchalance gradually gave way.
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From this reading Suddenly, something fell, plump! into the dark whirlpool of his thoughts.
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From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As dinner drew to its close, his conversation with the wife of the Oriel don flagged and halted.
