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Chapter V
“Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded. “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask. I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer. But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish. Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell me the secret, and she will never know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell me the secret, and she will never know.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Tell me the secret, and she will never know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.”
except if; if not
From this reading “But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.”
but in spite of that
From this reading ““Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.”
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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 But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
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From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
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From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
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From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
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From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
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From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
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From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded.
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From this reading “Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
except if; if not
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Very good, Kumuhana,” Hardman Pool commanded.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Tell me the secret, and she will never know.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yet do you forget that I am an _alii_, and that what my good Kalama does not dare ask, I command to ask.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I can send for her, now, and tell her to command your answer.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading But such would be a foolishness unless you prove yourself doubly foolish.
