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Chapter XXIV
Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips. “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?” “I know not! I know not!” she hurriedly replied. “Better?
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past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.”
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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 Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading I know not!” she hurriedly replied.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I know not!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know not!
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know not!” she hurriedly replied.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I know not!” she hurriedly replied.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
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From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Is not this better,” murmured he, “than what we dreamed of in the forest?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet he trembled, and turned to Hester, with an expression of doubt and anxiety in his eyes, not the less evidently betrayed, that there was a feeble smile upon his lips.
