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Chapter IV
On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North. "Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud. Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul. This her--this Sally Carrol! Why, she was a happy thing.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, she was a happy thing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.”
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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, she was a happy thing.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
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From this reading "Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
the two together, not just one
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
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From this reading This her--this Sally Carrol!
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From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
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From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
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From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
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From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
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From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
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From this reading Why, she was a happy thing.
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From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
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From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
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From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
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From this reading "Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This her--this Sally Carrol!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
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From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Oh, send somebody--send somebody!" she cried aloud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why, she was a happy thing.
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From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On both sides of her along the walls she felt things creeping, damp souls that haunted this palace, this town, this North.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why, she was a happy thing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, she was a happy thing.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Clark Darrow--he would understand; or Joe Ewing; she couldn't be left here to wander forever--to be frozen, heart, body, and soul.
