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Chapter XXXVII
THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak. Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct. She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand. "My poor boy!" she whispered sobbingly. "My poor boy!"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"My poor boy!" she whispered sobbingly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading "My poor boy!" she whispered sobbingly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
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From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
not any; not one
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
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From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My poor boy!" she whispered sobbingly.
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From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
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From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "My poor boy!" she whispered sobbingly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She must have understood, for she drew my head down upon her shoulder, pressing back the matted hair with one hand.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MYSTERY SOLVED It was impossible for me to speak.
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From this reading "My poor boy!" she whispered sobbingly.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Twice I endeavored, but no sound came from my parched lips, and I think my eyes must have filled with tears, her dear face was so blurred and indistinct.
