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Chapter IX
“In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry. We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house. While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness. Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself. The rear porch lay in deep shadow.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “The rear porch lay in deep shadow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.”
during the time that
From this reading “While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.”
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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 “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
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From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
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From this reading While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.
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From this reading While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.
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From this reading The rear porch lay in deep shadow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
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From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
above and across; more than
From this reading Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rear porch lay in deep shadow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rear porch lay in deep shadow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading The rear porch lay in deep shadow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “In case the door is locked, I have a few skeleton keys,” said Sperry.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sperry stumbled over something, and muttered to himself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had reached the end of the narrow passage, and emerged into the square of brick and grass that lay behind the house.
during the time that
From this reading While the night was clear, the place lay in comparative darkness.
