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VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character]. PRAED. When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship. Nothing real. Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing real.”
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From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
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From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
not any; not one
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing real.
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From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
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From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
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From this reading PRAED.
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading Nothing real.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading Only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
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From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
at the time that
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
in the company of; together with
From this reading VIVIE [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
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From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship.
