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Chapter I
To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.”
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
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From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
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From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
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From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
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From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
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From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
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From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
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From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
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From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
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From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
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From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
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From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
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From this reading In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
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From this reading To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.
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