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Chapter IV
PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_. LETTER FROM ERNEST MALTRAVERS TO EVELYN CAMERON. EVELYN! All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me. We must part, and for ever.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We must part, and for ever.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must part, and for ever.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We must part, and for ever.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.”
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From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
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From this reading LETTER FROM ERNEST MALTRAVERS TO EVELYN CAMERON.
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From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
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From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
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From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
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From this reading LETTER FROM ERNEST MALTRAVERS TO EVELYN CAMERON.
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From this reading LETTER FROM ERNEST MALTRAVERS TO EVELYN CAMERON.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must part, and for ever.
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From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We must part, and for ever.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LETTER FROM ERNEST MALTRAVERS TO EVELYN CAMERON.
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From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
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From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
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From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
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From this reading LETTER FROM ERNEST MALTRAVERS TO EVELYN CAMERON.
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From this reading LETTER FROM ERNEST MALTRAVERS TO EVELYN CAMERON.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
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From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must part, and for ever.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must part, and for ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
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From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
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From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must part, and for ever.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading PITY me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.--_Hamlet_.
at the time that
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading All that you have read of faithlessness and perfidy will seem tame to you when compared with that conduct which you are doomed to meet from me.
