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Chapter IX
She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate. It was so ridiculous! She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh. Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen. The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading “She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.”
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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 She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
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From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
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From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
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From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was so ridiculous!
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From this reading She felt a hysterical impulse to laugh.
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From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
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From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading It was so ridiculous!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was so ridiculous!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
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From this reading The monotonous drip of the coffee from the table to the floor merely emphasized the silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
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From this reading Then she noticed the silence, and forgot the plate in a desire for something to happen.
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From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She glanced back at Dennin, but her eyes returned to the tilted plate.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was so ridiculous!
