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The Two Sides of the Shield
The Two Sides of the Shield

Chapter XIII · A Cypher and a Ty

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Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.
He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.
Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’
It was a terrible shock.
Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.
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The Two Sides of the Shield

Chapter XIII · A Cypher and a Ty

Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.
Line 2
He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.
Line 3
Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’
Line 4
It was a terrible shock.
Line 5
Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.”

Standing noun US /ˈstanding/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’”

Terrible noun US /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “It was a terrible shock.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

breakfast

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

Colonel

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

coming

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

Darminster

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

Dolly

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From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

Dolores

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

door

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

doubt

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From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

down

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

exclaimed

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From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

hand

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

holding

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

kissed

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From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

Mohun's

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

moment

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

opened

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From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

said

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

saw

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

set

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From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

shock

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From this reading It was a terrible shock.

Some

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From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

standingnounUS /ˈstanding/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

station

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

stooped

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He exclaimed, ‘My little Dolly, good morning!’ stooped down and kissed her.

terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading It was a terrible shock.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

Then

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From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

trying

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From this reading Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun’s door opened.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said-- ‘Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?’