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Chapter XXVI
“My child!” The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne. “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream. “Olive, I feel ill--very ill! I have a dull pain here, near my heart.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have a dull pain here, near my heart.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have a dull pain here, near my heart.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.”
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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 The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
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From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
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From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
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From this reading “My child!”
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From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
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From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
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From this reading I have a dull pain here, near my heart.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Olive, I feel ill--very ill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have a dull pain here, near my heart.
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From this reading I have a dull pain here, near my heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have a dull pain here, near my heart.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Olive, I feel ill--very ill!
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From this reading “Olive, I feel ill--very ill!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My child!”
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From this reading I have a dull pain here, near my heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have a dull pain here, near my heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Olive, I feel ill--very ill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The feeble call startled Olive out of a dream, wherein she was walking through one of those lovely visionary landscapes--more glorious than any ever seen by day--with her mother and with Harold Gwynne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, darling,” she answered, in a sleepy, happy voice, thinking it a continuation of the dream.
