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Chapter XXX
NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently. “What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he. “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear. “Yes; three minutes to four. I thought it was later.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought it was later.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought it was later.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he.
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From this reading I thought it was later.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought it was later.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I thought it was later.
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From this reading “Three minutes to four,” she replied, consulting her broad old gold watch, and then holding it to her ear.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What o’clock is it, aunt?” asked he.
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From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
in the company of; together with
From this reading NEXT MORNING Aunt Dinah leaned on her thin hand, looking with something like fear at William fixed and silently.
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From this reading “Yes; three minutes to four.
