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Chapter XXXIII
I. MISS GWILT’S DIARY. “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again. “Why have I broken my resolution? Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours? Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.”
for the reason that
From this reading “Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why have I broken my resolution?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Why have I broken my resolution?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading ““NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading ““NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.”
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
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From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
for the reason that
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why have I broken my resolution?
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading I. MISS GWILT’S DIARY.
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
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From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
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From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
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From this reading I. MISS GWILT’S DIARY.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why have I broken my resolution?
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From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. MISS GWILT’S DIARY.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
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From this reading I. MISS GWILT’S DIARY.
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading “Why have I broken my resolution?
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading “NAPLES, October 10th.--It is two months to-day since I declared that I had closed my Diary, never to open it again.
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From this reading “Why have I broken my resolution?
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From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
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From this reading Why have I gone back to this secret friend of my wretchedest and wickedest hours?
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From this reading Because I am more friendless than ever; because I am more lonely than ever, though my husband is sitting writing in the next room to me.
