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Chapter XXIII
Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere. SPENSER. Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door! Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion? Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.”
a serious promise
From this reading “Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.”
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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 Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
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From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
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From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
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From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
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From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
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From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
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From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading SPENSER.
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From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Could the doctor be come already, and in such a fashion?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
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From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
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From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
a serious promise
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
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From this reading Hark! there was the trampling of horses and thundering of wheels at the door!
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Jumbo hurried to admit him, and Mrs. Aylward moved to arrange matters, but the clasp that was on Aurelia’s hand would not let her go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Straight down she ran .... and fatally did vow To wreake her on the mayden messenger Whom she had caused be kept as prisonere.
