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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
Alison
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
answer
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
bell
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
Bevil
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
CADBURY'S
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From this reading CADBURY'S PLAN OR PLOT.
came
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
Chilcote
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
day
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
door
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
electric
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
evening
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
fever
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From this reading She was in a species of mental fever.
forward
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
gave
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
giving
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
hopefully
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was in a species of mental fever.
incapable
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
kind
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
knew
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
looked
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
meet
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
mental
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From this reading She was in a species of mental fever.
more
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
morning
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
nervous
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
night
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
now
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
ORconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading CADBURY'S PLAN OR PLOT.
pass
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
passed
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
passing
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
PLAN
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From this reading CADBURY'S PLAN OR PLOT.
PLOT
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From this reading CADBURY'S PLAN OR PLOT.
Ranald
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
relate
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
ringing
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
shaken
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
shock
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
short
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
Sir
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
sleepless
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From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
species
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From this reading She was in a species of mental fever.
system
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
thoroughly
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
vanished
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From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading And now to relate what more came to pass at Chilcote, and where Alison had vanished to.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The morning came to her after a sleepless night, and she was incapable of giving the answer to which Sir Ranald had hopefully looked forward.
whole
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
winter
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From this reading So passed the day--the day she knew that she could not meet Bevil--and the short winter evening was passing into another night, when the ringing of the door bell gave her a kind of electric shock, so thoroughly was her whole nervous system shaken.
