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Chapter XXII
Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room. She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating. She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time. It was not there. She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.”
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.”
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From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
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From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
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From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
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From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
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From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not there.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not there.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
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From this reading She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
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From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
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From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She heard him pause outside the door, and her heart almost stopped beating.
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From this reading She remembered then; she had left it below, on the table.
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From this reading It was not there.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She had been asleep, and rousing at his step, she had felt under the pillow for her watch to see the time.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not there.
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From this reading Herman Klein, watch between forefinger and thumb, climbed heavily to Anna's room.
