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Chapter III
FROM PISO TO FAUSTA. You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace. The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity. All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them. They are too rich.
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
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From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
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From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
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From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
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From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
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From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
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From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
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From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They are too rich.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All causes seem to combine to injure and corrupt them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are too rich.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
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From this reading They are too rich.
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From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The Romans are not a people one would select to whom to propose a religion like this of Christianity.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are right, Fausta, in your unfavorable judgment of the Roman populace.
