Chapter XV
She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room. So this was the end of her great night! What had she done to deserve it? How had he dared? There was a sound as of rain against the window.
Zuleika Dobson
Chapter XV
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She
dried
her
hands
and
flung
herself
into
a
chair,
arose
and
went
pacing
the
room.
So
this
was
the
end
of
her
great
night!
What
had
she
done
to
deserve
it?
How
had
he
dared?
There
was
a
sound
as
of
rain
against
the
window.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
She
dried
her
hands
and
flung
herself
into
a
chair,
arose
and
went
pacing
the
room.
Line 2
So
this
was
the
end
of
her
great
night!
Line 3
What
had
she
done
to
deserve
it?
Line 4
How
had
he
dared?
Line 5
There
was
a
sound
as
of
rain
against
the
window.
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 “There was a sound as of rain against the window.”
Done
noun
US /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What had she done to deserve it?”
Great
noun
US /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So this was the end of her great night!”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.”
Went
noun
US /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.”
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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 She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading There was a sound as of rain against the window.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
arose
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From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a sound as of rain against the window.
chair
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From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
dared
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From this reading How had he dared?
deserve
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From this reading What had she done to deserve it?
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What had she done to deserve it?
dried
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From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
end
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From this reading So this was the end of her great night!
flung
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From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So this was the end of her great night!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had she done to deserve it?
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How had he dared?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
How
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From this reading How had he dared?
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What had she done to deserve it?
night
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From this reading So this was the end of her great night!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So this was the end of her great night!
pacing
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From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
rain
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From this reading There was a sound as of rain against the window.
room
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From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So this was the end of her great night!
sound
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From this reading There was a sound as of rain against the window.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
There
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From this reading There was a sound as of rain against the window.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So this was the end of her great night!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What had she done to deserve it?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So this was the end of her great night!
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She dried her hands and flung herself into a chair, arose and went pacing the room.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had she done to deserve it?
window
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From this reading There was a sound as of rain against the window.