anew
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
aliveadjectiveUS /əˈlaɪv/
possessing life
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
eagerly desirous
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
assailedverbUS /əˈseɪld/
past form of “assail” — attack someone physically or emotionally
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
BeenounUS /biː/
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
brieflyadverbUS /ˈbriːfli/
for a short time
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
brighteradjectiveUS /ˈbraɪtər/
comparative of “bright” — emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
chocolate-coloredadjective
having the color of dark chocolate
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
clusteredadjectiveUS /ˈklʌstərd/
growing close together but not in dense mats
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
dullyadverb
without liveliness
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
Eleanor
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From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
Emily
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From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
gallerynounUS /ˈɡæləri/
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
the act of retaining something
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
horror-filled
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From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
lampsnounUS /læmps/
plural of “lamp” — an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
Mabel
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From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
Martha
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From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
a particular point in time
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
niece'snounUS /ˈniːsɪz/
possessive form of “niece” — a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
PatsynounUS /ˈpætsi/
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
Patsy's
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From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
precisely, exactly
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
uttered with a trill
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
roved
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From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
saltsnounUS /sɔːlts/
plural of “salt” — a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
seemingadjectiveUS /ˈsiːmɪŋ/
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
smellingnounUS /ˈsmelɪŋ/
the act of perceiving the odor of something
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
not in physical motion
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Back of them stood Emily, her black eyes rolling, her chocolate-colored features seeming almost pale in the brighter light the lamps now gave.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading To her right clustered Bee, Mabel and Eleanor, anxious, horror-filled faces fixed upon her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
at the time that
From this reading THE GHOST When Patsy came to herself she was still in the picture gallery.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As Patsy’s gray eyes roved dully from one face to another, she became again alive to sounds which had assailed her ears at the moment when consciousness had briefly fled.
which person or people
From this reading She was leaning against Miss Martha, who was engaged in holding smelling salts to her niece’s nose.
