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Chapter XVII
EDGAR. I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families. [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.] WANKLIN. I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.”
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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 [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading EDGAR.
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
above and across; more than
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.
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From this reading I'm afraid again that sounds a little sentimental.
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading WANKLIN.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
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From this reading [WILDER turns abruptly to the fire, and SCANTLEBURY puts out a hand to push the idea away.]
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From this reading I don't see how we can get over it that to go on like this means starvation to the men's wives and families.
