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“I don’t like your future, Clarissa.” “Nor does it like you, my dear. The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ... I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.” “Virtue dies?”
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used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.””
a person, without saying who
From this reading “The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading ““Virtue dies?””
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.””
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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 I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading “I don’t like your future, Clarissa.”
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading “Nor does it like you, my dear.
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From this reading “Virtue dies?”
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Nor does it like you, my dear.
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From this reading “I don’t like your future, Clarissa.”
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
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From this reading “I don’t like your future, Clarissa.”
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t like your future, Clarissa.”
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Nor does it like you, my dear.
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From this reading “I don’t like your future, Clarissa.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Nor does it like you, my dear.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “Nor does it like you, my dear.
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
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From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
a person, without saying who
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “Virtue dies?”
which person or people
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
in the company of; together with
From this reading The idea of someone who is gloomy and at odds with society, bitter and angry, separate from others ...
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From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Nor does it like you, my dear.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I don’t like your future, Clarissa.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading I shouldn’t wonder but that you yourself might really be used as a perfect example of the old evil days.”
