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Chapter XII
There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind. How dared he! To her, a Dudley! Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes. He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
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made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading “He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.”
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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 the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
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From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
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From this reading How dared he!
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From this reading To her, a Dudley!
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From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
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From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How dared he!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
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From this reading How dared he!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
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From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
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From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
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From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
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From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
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From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To her, a Dudley!
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From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
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From this reading There was the sound of rushing water in her ears, and for a moment she was blind.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then she knew she was looking full at him with unutterable scorn in her eyes.
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From this reading He saw the contempt and indignity which his words had aroused, and his face blackened.
