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Chapter XI
FATHERLY AND MOTHERLY. "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss." "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict." "Like as a father pitieth his children." "A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “"The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “"The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."”
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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 "Like as a father pitieth his children."
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FATHERLY AND MOTHERLY.
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Like as a father pitieth his children."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "Like as a father pitieth his children."
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From this reading "Like as a father pitieth his children."
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From this reading FATHERLY AND MOTHERLY.
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Like as a father pitieth his children."
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From this reading "A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "Like as a father pitieth his children."
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."
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From this reading FATHERLY AND MOTHERLY.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
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From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
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From this reading "Like as a father pitieth his children."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive."
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
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From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
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From this reading "The worst wounds are those our own hands inflict."
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From this reading "In youth change appears to be certain gain; Age knows that it is generally certain loss."
