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Chapter XXXV
Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten. Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him. Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton. Looking up suddenly she saw the time. At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Looking up suddenly she saw the time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Looking up suddenly she saw the time.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.”
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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 Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.
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From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
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From this reading At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Looking up suddenly she saw the time.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
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From this reading Looking up suddenly she saw the time.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Looking up suddenly she saw the time.
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From this reading At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.
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From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Looking up suddenly she saw the time.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Looking up suddenly she saw the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten.
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From this reading Lord Earle sat reading, Lady Helena had left Lillian asleep, and had taken up a book near him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lord Airlie had been sketching for Beatrice a plan of a new wing at Lynnton.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At ten Hugh Fernely would be at the shrubbery gate.
