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Chapter XXI
Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful. He was hopelessly in love with Audrey. He knew now that he had known it for a long time. Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance. With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He knew now that he had known it for a long time.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He knew now that he had known it for a long time.”
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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 Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading He was hopelessly in love with Audrey.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading He was hopelessly in love with Audrey.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was hopelessly in love with Audrey.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
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From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
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From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
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From this reading He was hopelessly in love with Audrey.
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From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
not any; not one
From this reading Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.
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From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
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From this reading Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.
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From this reading Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
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From this reading Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.
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From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
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From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Here was no slender sentiment, no thin romance.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He knew now that he had known it for a long time.
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From this reading With every fiber of him, heart and soul and body, he loved her and wanted her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Clayton Spencer was facing with characteristic honesty a situation that he felt was both hopeless and shameful.
