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Chapter XVIII
Wogan did not move. In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below. By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket. The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step. It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.”
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading “In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.”
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading “By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.”
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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 In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
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From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Wogan did not move.
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From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
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From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
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From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
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From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
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From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
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From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
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From this reading Wogan did not move.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Wogan did not move.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
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From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
above and across; more than
From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
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From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
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From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stairs creaked, and again he saw a face over the edge of a step.
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From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By that time the Princess should have escaped into the thicket.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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From this reading In a few minutes he heard voices whispering in the courtyard below.
which person or people
From this reading It was the flabby face of a stranger, who turned and whispered in German to others behind him.
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From this reading Wogan did not move.
