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Chapter V
A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written. Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject. My mind was never so fertile. Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me. That was last night.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My mind was never so fertile.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.”
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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 A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading My mind was never so fertile.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My mind was never so fertile.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
brief or direct in expression
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for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My mind was never so fertile.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
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From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject.
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From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ten thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
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From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A Lost Masterpiece The short essay on "The Improbability of the Infinite" which I was planning for you yesterday will now never be written.
