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Chapter III
There could be no chance of mistake. The photograph was a very good likeness. For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden. I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour. And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “There could be no chance of mistake.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The photograph was a very good likeness.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.”
during the time that
From this reading “For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.”
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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 The photograph was a very good likeness.
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From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There could be no chance of mistake.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
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From this reading There could be no chance of mistake.
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From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There could be no chance of mistake.
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From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The photograph was a very good likeness.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
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From this reading The photograph was a very good likeness.
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From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
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From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
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From this reading There could be no chance of mistake.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
not any; not one
From this reading There could be no chance of mistake.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There could be no chance of mistake.
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From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
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From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
above and across; more than
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The photograph was a very good likeness.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The photograph was a very good likeness.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
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From this reading There could be no chance of mistake.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
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From this reading And always since our day together, I'd compared other men with him, to their disadvantage.
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From this reading The photograph was a very good likeness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The photograph was a very good likeness.
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From this reading I felt like a mourner, bereaved of a loved one, for in a way--a schoolgirl way, perhaps--I had loved my prince of the arbour.
during the time that
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For a while I sat quite still with the newspaper in my hands, living over the day in the shabby old garden.
