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Chapter XVIII
DAWTIE AND THE LAIRD. As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him. There was not a moment to be lost! She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud. No answer came.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud.”
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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 There was not a moment to be lost!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DAWTIE AND THE LAIRD.
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From this reading No answer came.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was not a moment to be lost!
at or toward the back of something
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading No answer came.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading DAWTIE AND THE LAIRD.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud.
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From this reading DAWTIE AND THE LAIRD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was not a moment to be lost!
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From this reading She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading There was not a moment to be lost!
not any; not one
From this reading No answer came.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not a moment to be lost!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud.
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From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DAWTIE AND THE LAIRD.
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From this reading There was not a moment to be lost!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As soon as Dawtie heard her mistress's door close, she followed her master to the study, and arrived just as the door of the hidden room was shut behind him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went straight to it, and knocked rather loud.
