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Chapter XIX
CROSS PURPOSES. At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement. Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott. She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time. She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.”
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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 Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
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From this reading CROSS PURPOSES.
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From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
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From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
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From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
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From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
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From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
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From this reading She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
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From this reading She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.
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From this reading She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.
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From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CROSS PURPOSES.
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From this reading She hardly knew herself at first how really ill she was.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
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From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gwendoline had thrown herself into a fever of alarm as soon as she had posted her letter to Granville Kelmscott.
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From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She went up to her own room, flung herself wildly on the bed, and sobbed herself into a half-hysterical, half-delirious state, long before dinner-time.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the Gildersleeves', too, the house that day was alive with excitement.
