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Chapter VI
SAILING ORDERS “Are you there, miss?” The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's. The children were out in the garden at the back of the house. Mrs. Rainham was practising in the drawing-room. The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.”
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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 The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SAILING ORDERS “Are you there, miss?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The children were out in the garden at the back of the house.
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From this reading The children were out in the garden at the back of the house.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The children were out in the garden at the back of the house.
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From this reading The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
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From this reading Mrs. Rainham was practising in the drawing-room.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The children were out in the garden at the back of the house.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
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From this reading The children were out in the garden at the back of the house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading SAILING ORDERS “Are you there, miss?”
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From this reading Mrs. Rainham was practising in the drawing-room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
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From this reading SAILING ORDERS “Are you there, miss?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The children were out in the garden at the back of the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Rainham was practising in the drawing-room.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading Mrs. Rainham was practising in the drawing-room.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SAILING ORDERS “Are you there, miss?”
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading SAILING ORDERS “Are you there, miss?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
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From this reading The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
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From this reading The sound of a high trill floated upwards as she opened the door.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Rainham was practising in the drawing-room.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The children were out in the garden at the back of the house.
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From this reading The sepulchral whisper came faintly to Cecilia's ears as she sat in her little room, sewing a frock of Queenie's.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SAILING ORDERS “Are you there, miss?”
