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Satanstoe

Chapter XV

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“When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!
Lord William, rise in haste!
The water saps thy walls!”
_Lord William_.
The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Satanstoe

Chapter XV

Reading 1/47 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!
Line 2
Lord William, rise in haste!
Line 3
The water saps thy walls!”
Line 4
_Lord William_.
Line 5
The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “The water saps thy walls!””

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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 visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

adventure

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

alarm

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

appals

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

company

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

decided

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

evening

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

following

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

haste

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From this reading Lord William, rise in haste!

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

ho

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Lord William, rise in haste!

inmost

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

Jack

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

lo

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

Lord

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From this reading Lord William, rise in haste!

loud

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

Madam

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

matter

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

Monday

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

Moses

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

occurred

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

rise

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From this reading Lord William, rise in haste!

saps

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From this reading The water saps thy walls!”

Saturday

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

Schuyler

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

soul

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading The water saps thy walls!”

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

visit

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From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

voice

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From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

walls

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From this reading The water saps thy walls!”

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.

water

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From this reading The water saps thy walls!”

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading “When lo! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals: What ho!

William

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From this reading Lord William, rise in haste!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The visit to Madam Schuyler occurred of a Saturday evening; and the matter of our adventure in company with Jack and Moses, was to be decided on the following Monday.