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Dangerous Ground
Dangerous Ground

Chapter XXXII

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BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.
Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.
Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.
Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dangerous Ground

Chapter XXXII

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.
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Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.
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Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.
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Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

Learner Dictionary

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Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.”

Appearance noun US /ˈappearance/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.”

Toward preposition US /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading “Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.

alert

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

All

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

BAYLESS

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

breathing

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corner

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couch

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crept

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door

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DR

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expressions

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face

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followed

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

Francoises

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

Franz

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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

glanced

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grin

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heavily

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From this reading Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

inner

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lay

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Leslie

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Leslie's

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

Mamma

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

muttering

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From this reading Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

night

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.

Often

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Papa

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regularly

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room

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satisfaction

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scarcely

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shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.

slumbered

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From this reading Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.

stirring

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From this reading Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.

towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.

turned

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From this reading Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

uneasily

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vaguely

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From this reading Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

varying

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From this reading Often she turned her face, with varying expressions, toward the corner where Papa slumbered uneasily, muttering vaguely from time to time.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

watchful

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From this reading BAYLESS All the long night that followed Leslie's appearance among the Francoises, Mamma was alert and watchful.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Often she crept to the door of the inner room, where Leslie slumbered heavily.

whole

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From this reading Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Often she glanced, with a grin of satisfaction, toward the couch where Franz lay breathing regularly, and scarcely stirring the whole night through.