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Chapter III
Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away. But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?” Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.” She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture. She turned into the other room, and the door shut harshly at her back.
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later than; following
From this reading “Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.”
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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 Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
later than; following
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
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From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She turned into the other room, and the door shut harshly at her back.
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From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
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From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
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From this reading She turned into the other room, and the door shut harshly at her back.
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From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
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From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
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From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading She turned into the other room, and the door shut harshly at her back.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
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From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
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From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
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From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
not any; not one
From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading She turned into the other room, and the door shut harshly at her back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She turned into the other room, and the door shut harshly at her back.
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From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
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From this reading She turned into the other room, and the door shut harshly at her back.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
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From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
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From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Evered nodded and turned his back on them; and after a time they went away.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
at the time that
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Evered hesitated; then he said, with something like apology in his tones, “No, Ruth.”
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From this reading She began to tremble, and he saw that words were hot on her lips; and he lifted one hand in a placating gesture.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But when Evered went into the house he met Ruth, and the girl stopped him and asked him huskily, “You’re not going to kill that red beast?”
