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Chapter III
IN WHICH MR. THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience. They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin. They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness. And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
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later than; following
From this reading “THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.”
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading “They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.”
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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 They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
later than; following
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
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From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
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From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
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From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
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From this reading IN WHICH MR.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
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From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
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From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
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From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
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From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
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From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And neither the spectacle of the one nor the labor of the other gave them any qualms.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They knew how a deserted house goes to rack and ruin.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH MR.
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From this reading THOMPSON BEGINS TO WONDER PAINFULLY To Breyette and MacDonald that forlorn cabin was after all nothing new or disheartening in their experience.
