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Chapter XI
“What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried. “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own? What has happened?” “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.” She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading ““This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What has happened?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading ““This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.””
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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 “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
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From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
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From this reading What has happened?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What has happened?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
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From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
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From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
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From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
not any; not one
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
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From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
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From this reading She shrank back, and, burying her face in her hands, moaned piteously.
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From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
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From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This is what has happened, Valentine: our love-affair is the jest of the country around; our secret is a secret no longer.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What new misfortune strikes us now?” she cried.
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From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why have you thus risked your life--a life far dearer to me than my own?
