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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 light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
angrily
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
applied
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
Beethoven
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Betty
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breath
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
came
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
candle
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
carried
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
closely
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From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
convinced
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
darkness
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
diminishing
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
disturbed
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
door
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
doorway
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echo
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
eerie
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
empty
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
extinguished
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
eye
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
figure
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fingers
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
flowing
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
forth
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From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
fresh
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
furniture
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girl
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
glanced
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
glided
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glimmered
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
groping
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
grouped
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
hand
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
heard
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
heartbeats
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
held
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From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
hiding
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
house
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
interminable
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
light
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
match
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
more
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
motionless
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
once
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
own
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
passing
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place
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
Portrait
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procured
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
radiance
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
settled
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
shadows
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
smokers
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
softly-closing
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
somnambulist
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
sound
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
sputtered
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
stairs
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stand
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
stilled
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
stretched
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stroke
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
tall
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terror
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From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
there
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From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
threaded
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throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
touched
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unerringly
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untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
up
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utter
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
ventured
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very
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
visitation
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
waited
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
way
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weird
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its flame sputtered angrily in her fingers as she applied it to her candle and she glanced about her in fresh terror lest its stroke had been heard, but the shadows were empty.
white
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From this reading _The Portrait of Beethoven._ Betty held her breath as the tall figure in flowing white threaded its way unerringly among the grouped furniture and passing her so closely that she might have stretched forth her hand and touched it, glided through the doorway and up the stairs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The light she carried glimmered with diminishing radiance until it was suddenly extinguished and there came the echo of a softly-closing door.
witnessed
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From this reading At last, convinced that the somnambulist had settled once more to rest and that no eye but her own had witnessed the weird visitation, Betty ventured from her hiding place, and groping her way to the smokers' stand, procured a match.
wrapped
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From this reading The girl waited motionless, her very heartbeats stilled for an interminable length of time, but the house remained wrapped in utter darkness and no sound disturbed the eerie silence.
