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Chapter VII
"He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey." You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck? "What fools these mortals be!" The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game." Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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any person at all
From this reading “"He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “"What fools these mortals be!"”
belonging to which person
From this reading “The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."”
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
any person at all
From this reading "He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "What fools these mortals be!"
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading "He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading "What fools these mortals be!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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From this reading "He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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From this reading "He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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From this reading "What fools these mortals be!"
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From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
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From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
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From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
To recall to mind.
From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
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From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
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From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "What fools these mortals be!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What fools these mortals be!"
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From this reading "He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."
which person or people
From this reading "He'll forgive anyone who brings him whiskey."
belonging to which person
From this reading The biggest fools are the extra smart ones, whose pride and peculiar joy it is to "beat the game."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You remember, of course, that line that Shakespeare put into the mouth of Puck?
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From this reading Yussuf Dakmar assessed all other humans as grist for his mill.
