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Chapter XVII
She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him. “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily. “I can’t answer you.” “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise. “Don’t answer me now.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ““I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.”
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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 She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
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From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
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From this reading “I can’t answer you.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
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From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
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From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
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From this reading “I can’t answer you.”
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From this reading “Don’t answer me now.
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From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
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From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
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From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
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From this reading “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
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From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t answer me now.
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From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t answer me now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked all round, as if seeking escape from a mesh suddenly flung about her, and then she looked imploringly up at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, that’s all I ask,” he said, moving a few steps, away, and suffering her to rise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I have nothing to say,” she whispered huskily.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I can’t answer you.”
