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Chapter XXXIV
Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon. For months he toiled and moiled upon it. Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat. He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene! Good work, old Genius!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “For months he toiled and moiled upon it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.”
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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 Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
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From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
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From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
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From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good work, old Genius!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For months he toiled and moiled upon it.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
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From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For months he toiled and moiled upon it.
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From this reading For months he toiled and moiled upon it.
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From this reading For months he toiled and moiled upon it.
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From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
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From this reading Good work, old Genius!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For months he toiled and moiled upon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For months he toiled and moiled upon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He would go to bed patting himself on the shoulder and talking to himself as if he were a draught-horse and a Pegasus combined: “Good boy, ’Gene!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vickery went to his sister’s house and sat up all night, working on his play for Eldon.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes he would write all day and all night upon a scene, and work himself up into a state of what he called soul-sweat.
