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Chapter XVI
Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning. The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her. Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said. In vain did she try to work. She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.”
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading “Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.”
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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 went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading In vain did she try to work.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
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From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
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From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
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From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
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From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
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From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
above and across; more than
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
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From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
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From this reading Once there she could do nothing but go over and over the dreadful things that Harry Temple had said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Marcia hurried down to her own house early one morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
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From this reading In vain did she try to work.
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From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
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From this reading In vain did she try to work.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The phantoms of her experiences in the old Green Tavern were pursuing her.
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From this reading In vain did she try to work.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She went into the library and took up a book, but her mind would wander to David.
