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Chapter VII
ZARA AND PRINCE IVAN. The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning. I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame. I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day! Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!”
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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 I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
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From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ZARA AND PRINCE IVAN.
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From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
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From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
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From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
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From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
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From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
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From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
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From this reading ZARA AND PRINCE IVAN.
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From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
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From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
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From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ZARA AND PRINCE IVAN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
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From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
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From this reading Hastily throwing on my dressing-gown, I rang the bell, and the servant appeared.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
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From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
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From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was free from all my customary aches and pains, and a delightful sense of vigour and elasticity pervaded my frame.
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From this reading I rose at once, and, looking at my watch, found to my amazement that it was twelve o'clock in the day!
at the time that
From this reading The sun poured brilliantly into my room when I awoke the next morning.
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From this reading ZARA AND PRINCE IVAN.
