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Chapter VII
“Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie. “If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.” “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere. What do you mean by everywhere? I can tell you; ‘everywhere’ means _nowhere_.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can tell you; ‘everywhere’ means _nowhere_.”
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From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading What do you mean by everywhere?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can tell you; ‘everywhere’ means _nowhere_.
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From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you mean by everywhere?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can tell you; ‘everywhere’ means _nowhere_.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What do you mean by everywhere?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can tell you; ‘everywhere’ means _nowhere_.
not any; not one
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can tell you; ‘everywhere’ means _nowhere_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can tell you; ‘everywhere’ means _nowhere_.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “People suffer in their chests,” said Rogron, who liked to hear himself harangue, “or they have toothache, headache, pains in their feet or stomach, but no one has pains everywhere.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you mean by everywhere?
which person or people
From this reading “Nonsense! who ever heard of any one suffering everywhere?” cried Sylvie.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you suffered everywhere you’d be dead.”
