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Chapter XXVI
So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies! Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies. Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last. Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware. This last has been Barbara's case.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “This last has been Barbara's case.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This last has been Barbara's case.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.”
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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 Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
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From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This last has been Barbara's case.
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From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
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From this reading This last has been Barbara's case.
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
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From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
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From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This last has been Barbara's case.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
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From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
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From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
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From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
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From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
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From this reading Our hopes have as many ways of dying as our bodies.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sometimes they pine and fall into a slow consumption, we nursing, cockering, and physicking them to the last.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So this is the way in which Barbara's hope dies!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes they fall down dead suddenly, as one that in full health, with his bones full of marrow, and his eyes full of light, drops wordless into the next world unaware.
