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Chapter VII
SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter. The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror. At the table sat her guardian, austere of countenance. All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue. He would begin with certain words.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He would begin with certain words.”
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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 The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the table sat her guardian, austere of countenance.
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From this reading At the table sat her guardian, austere of countenance.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
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From this reading He would begin with certain words.
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From this reading He would begin with certain words.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
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From this reading At the table sat her guardian, austere of countenance.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading At the table sat her guardian, austere of countenance.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would begin with certain words.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading At the table sat her guardian, austere of countenance.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
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From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading All the way along she had been imagining a dialogue.
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From this reading SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS Checkley held the door of the office wide open, and invited Elsie to enter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The aspect of the room, solid of furniture, severe in its fittings, with its vast table covered with papers, struck her with a kind of terror.
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From this reading He would begin with certain words.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would begin with certain words.
