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After Dark

Chapter XIII

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The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.
Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.
In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.
“There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.
You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.
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After Dark

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.
Line 2
Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.
Line 3
In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.
Line 4
“There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.
Line 5
You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.”

During preposition US /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading “The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.”

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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 “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

advancing

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

alive

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From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

almost

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From this reading Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.

altered

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

always

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

arms

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From this reading Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

astonishment

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From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

burden

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

dare

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From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

don't

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

dripping

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

expected

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From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

expression

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

face

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

fisherman

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

fright

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From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

hearth

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

inflexible

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

insensible

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From this reading Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.

lay

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From this reading Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

moment

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From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

night

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

noise

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

pale

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

peevishly

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

perils

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

Perrine

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From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

Pierre

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From this reading Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.

recognized

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From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

said

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

say

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From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

screamed

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From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

see

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From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In the astonishment and fright of the first moment, Perrine screamed as she recognized him.

straight

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

There

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From this reading “There, there, there!” he said, peevishly, advancing straight to the hearth with his burden; “don’t make a noise.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

wet

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From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The fisherman was dripping with wet; but his face, always pale and inflexible, seemed to be but little altered in expression by the perils through which he must have passed during the night.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading You never expected to see us alive again, I dare say.

Young

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From this reading Young Pierre lay almost insensible in his arms.