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Chapter V
"But why? Because I've been straightforward? Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three. We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly. Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.”
for the reason that
From this reading “Because I've been straightforward?”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Because I've been straightforward?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.”
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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 Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
for the reason that
From this reading Because I've been straightforward?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Because I've been straightforward?
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But why?
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From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
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From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading Because I've been straightforward?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
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From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
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From this reading Because I've been straightforward?
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From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
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From this reading We know one another pretty well: we know ourselves--at least slightly.
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From this reading "But why?
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From this reading Why can't we face things--facts--as man and woman, not as children?
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From this reading Dear boy!"--she lifted a hand to him: he took it in trembling--"you're twenty-seven, I'm twenty-three.
