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Chapter XXIX
"Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone. She's--" The children were crying. The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway. Quick steps were heard. "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “"Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
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From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading She's--" The children were crying.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading She's--" The children were crying.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading Quick steps were heard.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
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From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
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From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
above and across; more than
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading Quick steps were heard.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading She's--" The children were crying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
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From this reading Quick steps were heard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She's--" The children were crying.
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From this reading "Hold on there!" cried McPhail, as he burst into the room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
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From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She's--" The children were crying.
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From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind whistled drearily across the room, carrying the evanescent flakes of soft snow over the heads of the pausing, listening crowd in the doorway.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Kill me--if you want to--but let her--alone.
