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Chapter IX
ALL ABOARD! The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work. Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads. They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share. The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
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two people or things considered together
From this reading “They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.”
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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 Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading ALL ABOARD!
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From this reading ALL ABOARD!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
two people or things considered together
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
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From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
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From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
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From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
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From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
above and across; more than
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
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From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
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From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Their smiles died out in a sudden shame, as it came over them that the joke had recoiled on their own heads.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had done their best to carry out the time-honored rite of making a newly married couple as miserable as possible--and the newly married couple had failed to do its share.
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From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
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From this reading The two lieutenants glared at each other in mutual contempt.
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From this reading The starting of the train surprised the ironical decorators in the last stages of their work.
