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Chapter XXIV
Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted. She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning. Then she opened the door and called: "It's me. Anybody home?" Nobody replied.
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any person at all
From this reading “Anybody home?"”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Nobody replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nobody replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.”
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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 She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
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From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
any person at all
From this reading Anybody home?"
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From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anybody home?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody replied.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nobody replied.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she opened the door and called: "It's me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
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From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
in or at the place that
From this reading Hilda Lightener's electric stopped before the apartment house where Bonbright Foote lived, and Hilda alighted.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She ignored bell and speaking tube and ran upstairs to Bonbright's door, on which she knocked as a warning.
