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Chapter XIX
"No, indeed I'm not. But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me. It's terrible to love a man as I love him. I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself. It is better to be honest with you."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.”
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading “It is better to be honest with you."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It's terrible to love a man as I love him.”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.”
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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 It's terrible to love a man as I love him.
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From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It's terrible to love a man as I love him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is better to be honest with you."
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From this reading It is better to be honest with you."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
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From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
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From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
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From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
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From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading It is better to be honest with you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
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From this reading "No, indeed I'm not.
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From this reading "No, indeed I'm not.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is better to be honest with you."
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From this reading It's terrible to love a man as I love him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
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From this reading It's terrible to love a man as I love him.
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From this reading It's terrible to love a man as I love him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
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From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, indeed I'm not.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No, indeed I'm not.
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From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
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From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
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From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It's terrible to love a man as I love him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's terrible to love a man as I love him.
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From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But whenever I meets him he somehow gets his way with me.
but in spite of that
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I know he don't really care for me--I know he is all you say, and yet I can't help myself.
