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The Baronet's Bride
The Baronet's Bride

Chapter XXXIII

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BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?
Really murdered?
Harriet--Lady Kingsland--was not dead.
Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Baronet's Bride

Chapter XXXIII

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
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And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?
Line 3
Really murdered?
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Harriet--Lady Kingsland--was not dead.
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Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

Learner Dictionary

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

BETWEEN preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.”

Cell noun US /sel/

A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.

From this reading “And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?”

Dead noun US /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Harriet--Lady Kingsland--was not dead.”

LIFE noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?”

All words in this reading · 55

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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 Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

April

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

beating

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

BETWEENprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

breast

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

cellnounUS /sel/

A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

Court

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

deadnounUS /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Harriet--Lady Kingsland--was not dead.

DEATH

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From this reading BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

die

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

doomed

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

Everard

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

felon's

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

give

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

Harriet

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From this reading Harriet--Lady Kingsland--was not dead.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

health

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

Hundreds

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

Kingsland

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

Lady

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From this reading Harriet--Lady Kingsland--was not dead.

land

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

lay

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

LIFEnounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

mansion

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

miles

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

murder

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

murdered

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From this reading Really murdered?

New

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Harriet--Lady Kingsland--was not dead.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

out

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

Really

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From this reading Really murdered?

rolled

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

sea

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

Sir

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From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

sparkling

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

stately

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

strong

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

sunshine

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading And while Sir Everard Kingsland lay in his felon's cell, doomed to die, where was she for whose murder he was to give his life?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.

York

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From this reading Hundreds of miles of sea and land rolled between her and Kingsland Court, and in a stately New York mansion she looked out at the sparkling April sunshine, with life and health beating strong in her breast.