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After Dark
After Dark

Chapter VII

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The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
Solitude was just then welcome to him.
He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

After Dark

Chapter VII

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
Line 2
The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
Line 3
On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
Line 4
Solitude was just then welcome to him.
Line 5
He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.”

Remained noun US /ˈremained/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.”

Running noun US /ˈrunning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.”

All words in this reading · 64

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

bare

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

barred

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

benches

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

comfortless

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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

court

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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

dirty

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

door

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

eagerly

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

empty

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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

end

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

entering

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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

filthy

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

floor

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

grim

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

high

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

incessantly

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

just

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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.

kept

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

leading

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

Lomaque

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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

outer

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

pavement

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

perfectly

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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

place

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

remainednounUS /ˈremained/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

retreat

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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

revolutionary

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

round

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

runningnounUS /ˈrunning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

sentinels

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

slowly

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

Solitude

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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.

stone

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

street

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

talking

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

then

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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.

tribunal

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

two

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

waiting-room

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

walking

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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.

walls

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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.

watch

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

welcome

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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

windows

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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.