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Chapter IX
Yet she had got through. As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees. They cried out to her not to go on. She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins. * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They cried out to her not to go on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “* * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Yet she had got through.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “* * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet she had got through.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
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From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
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From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
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From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
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From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
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From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
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From this reading Yet she had got through.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yet she had got through.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
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From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
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From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
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From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
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From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
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From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet she had got through.
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From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet she had got through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
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From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
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From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she had got through.
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From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
