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Chapter III
The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed. The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind. She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab. Sometime after that she must have fainted. And now--what had become of her?
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.”
later than; following
From this reading “The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Sometime after that she must have fainted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Sometime after that she must have fainted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.”
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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 girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
later than; following
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
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From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
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From this reading And now--what had become of her?
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From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
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From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
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From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
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From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
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From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
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From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And now--what had become of her?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
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From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
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From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now--what had become of her?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
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From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
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From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometime after that she must have fainted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The events of the previous night slowly shaped themselves in her mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She remembered everything up to the commencement of that drive in the taxicab.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And now--what had become of her?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The girl, awakened, perhaps, by the passing of some heavy cart along the street below, or by the touch of the sunbeam which lay across her pillow, first opened her eyes and then, after a preliminary stare around, sat up in bed.
