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The Drunkard

Chapter XVII

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THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
--_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.
There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
She yielded nothing.
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The Drunkard

Chapter XVII

Reading 1/104 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."
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--_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.
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There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.
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She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.
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She yielded nothing.

Learner Dictionary

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

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “She yielded nothing.”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “--_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.”

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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 CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

CHAMBER

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From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

change

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From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

Death

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From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

gay

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From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

Gilbert

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From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

hob-and-nob

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From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

HORRORS

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From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

hour

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From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

Letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

Lothian

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From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading She yielded nothing.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.

pleasure

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From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

quiet

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From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

relations

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From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

Rita

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From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

silent

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From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

tender

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From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

Tennyson

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From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

There

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From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

thirst

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From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

Three

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From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.

turns

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From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

unquenchable

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From this reading She was gay, tender, silent by turns, and her thirst for pleasure seemed unquenchable.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

Wallace

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From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading There was no change in the relations of Rita Wallace and Gilbert Lothian.

weeks

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From this reading --_Tennyson._ Three weeks passed.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS "Let us have a quiet hour, Let us hob-and-nob with Death."

yielded

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From this reading She yielded nothing.