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Chapter VIII
"Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could! It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three. Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved? Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance? If only I could think it right!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If only I could think it right!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
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From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
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From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
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From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If only I could think it right!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
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From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
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From this reading "Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!
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From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
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From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
not any; not one
From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
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From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
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From this reading "Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
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From this reading If only I could think it right!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If only I could think it right!
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From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
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From this reading Do you think it is easy to say `no,' and throw away the chance?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
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From this reading "Oh, Jim, I _wish_ I could come--I wish I could!
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From this reading It's hard work looking on, and feeling eternally number three.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you think I don't want to love too, and to be loved?
