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Chapter XV
THE RECONCILIATION. Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos. The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women. Women must sit at home and weep. For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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for the reason that
From this reading “For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Women must sit at home and weep.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.”
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
for the reason that
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading Women must sit at home and weep.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Women must sit at home and weep.
not any; not one
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading THE RECONCILIATION.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading Women must sit at home and weep.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RECONCILIATION.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
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From this reading Women must sit at home and weep.
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From this reading For them comes no great field of action, no stir of battle, no rush of fight; their sorrow weighs them down because they have nothing to shake it off.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Those few months had been filled with excitement for Lord Chandos.
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From this reading The pain he had felt at leaving his wife had been great and hard to bear, but life differs so greatly for men and women.
