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Chapter V
Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth. Could she ever have felt for him as he for her? Did women ever know such consuming fires? Trevillian shrugged his thin shoulders. She had seemed to; but--how tell?
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Did women ever know such consuming fires?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had seemed to; but--how tell?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had seemed to; but--how tell?”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “Trevillian shrugged his thin shoulders.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had seemed to; but--how tell?
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From this reading Did women ever know such consuming fires?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did women ever know such consuming fires?
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From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
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From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
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From this reading Did women ever know such consuming fires?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Could she ever have felt for him as he for her?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Trevillian shrugged his thin shoulders.
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From this reading She had seemed to; but--how tell?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Did women ever know such consuming fires?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had seemed to; but--how tell?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
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From this reading Trevillian shrugged his thin shoulders.
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From this reading Trevillian shrugged his thin shoulders.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Did women ever know such consuming fires?
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From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had seemed to; but--how tell?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Trevillian shrugged his thin shoulders.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had seemed to; but--how tell?
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From this reading Trevillian shrugged his thin shoulders.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like that lizard whisking its tail and vanishing beneath the dead dry leaves, so she had vanished--as if into the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Did women ever know such consuming fires?
