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Chapter XXXI
GASTON’S DILEMMA. Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates. But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all. “To work!” said he, “to work!” Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.”
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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 Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
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From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
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From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
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From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
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From this reading GASTON’S DILEMMA.
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From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
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From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
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From this reading GASTON’S DILEMMA.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
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From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
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From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
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From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
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From this reading “To work!” said he, “to work!”
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From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
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From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
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From this reading Just then, however, he heard a sound of ringing laughter outside his door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But now he felt strong enough to contend with them all.
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From this reading “To work!” said he, “to work!”
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From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yes, Sabine might yet be his, but between the lovers stood the forms of Croisenois and his associates.
