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Chapter XXXI
FOUND GUILTY. There was the silence of death. Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner. With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb. The silence was broken by the lawyer.
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From this reading “The silence was broken by the lawyer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FOUND GUILTY.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “There was the silence of death.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
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From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The silence was broken by the lawyer.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The silence was broken by the lawyer.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
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From this reading There was the silence of death.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
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From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading FOUND GUILTY.
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From this reading FOUND GUILTY.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading The silence was broken by the lawyer.
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From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was the silence of death.
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From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was the silence of death.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was the silence of death.
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From this reading Men looked blankly in each other's faces, then at the prisoner.
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From this reading There was the silence of death.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
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From this reading With an awfully corpse-like face, and wild, dilated eyes, he sat staring at the witness--struck dumb.
