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Chapter IX
"How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!" /Merchant of Venice/. WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight. But I think we wrong that innocent hour. It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
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the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading “WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.”
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading “/Merchant of Venice/.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I think we wrong that innocent hour.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.”
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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 "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
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From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
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From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
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From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
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From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I think we wrong that innocent hour.
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From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
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From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
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From this reading But I think we wrong that innocent hour.
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From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I think we wrong that innocent hour.
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From this reading But I think we wrong that innocent hour.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading /Merchant of Venice/.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading /Merchant of Venice/.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
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From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But I think we wrong that innocent hour.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I think we wrong that innocent hour.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading /Merchant of Venice/.
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From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
at the time that
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
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From this reading It is that terrible "NEXT MORNING," when reason is wide awake, upon which remorse fastens its fangs.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WE are apt to connect the voice of Conscience with the stillness of midnight.
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From this reading But I think we wrong that innocent hour.
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From this reading "How like a younker or a prodigal, The scarfed bark puts from her native bay!"
