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Chapter XXVIII
PENDENT opera interrupta.*--VIRGIL. * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended." THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest. He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person. It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “* "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.”
went away to a private place
From this reading “THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.”
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
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From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
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From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading PENDENT opera interrupta.*--VIRGIL.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
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From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
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From this reading PENDENT opera interrupta.*--VIRGIL.
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From this reading PENDENT opera interrupta.*--VIRGIL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
went away to a private place
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."
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From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * "The things begun are interrupted and suspended."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
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From this reading It might, however, be of great importance to him to trace this conjecture to certainty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PENDENT opera interrupta.*--VIRGIL.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He could not but allow that there was still little ground for more than conjecture that Alice Darvil and Alice Lady Vargrave were one and the same person.
at the time that
From this reading THE history Vargrave had heard he revolved much when he retired to rest.
