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I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
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I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring. So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right. There warn’t a sound anywheres. I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs. The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
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To pay attention to a sound or speech.
From this reading “I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.”
To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
From this reading “I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.”
To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
From this reading “I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.”
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From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
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From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
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From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
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From this reading There warn’t a sound anywheres.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
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From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
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From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
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From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
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From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
To pay attention to a sound or speech.
From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
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From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
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From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There warn’t a sound anywheres.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There warn’t a sound anywheres.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There warn’t a sound anywheres.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring.
To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
From this reading I peeped through a crack of the dining-room door, and see the men that was watching the corpse all sound asleep on their chairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The door was open into the parlor, where the corpse was laying, and there was a candle in both rooms.
