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Chapter XXXIII
Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate. He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner. So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs. There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down. Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
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From this reading So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.
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From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
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From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
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From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
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From this reading So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.
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From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
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From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
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From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
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From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
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From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
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From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
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From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
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From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
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From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
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From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive and Harold parted at Mrs. Flora's gate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
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From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
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From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There, she bolted her door, groped her way to the bed, and lay down.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he walked quickly away, and Olive went in and crept upstairs.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He had business in town, he said, but would return to dinner.
