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Chapter III
FRA AMBROGIO. Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines! FARINATA. Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio. And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!”
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading “Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!”
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading “Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!”
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading “And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.”
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From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading FRA AMBROGIO.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
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From this reading FRA AMBROGIO.
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From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
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From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading And the deeds it inspired me to perform are worthy to serve as examples to our sons and our sons' sons.
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From this reading Yes, my affection for my city was as strong as that, Fra Ambrogio.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Alas, Messer Farinata, your pitiless love caused violence and craft to take arms against the city and cost the lives of ten thousand Florentines!
