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Chapter XV
Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes. And this time he understood his wife better than she knew. He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything." But Anne was convinced that he never would see. She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.”
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading “She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything."”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But Anne was convinced that he never would see.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
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From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
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From this reading But Anne was convinced that he never would see.
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From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
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From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Anne was convinced that he never would see.
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From this reading But Anne was convinced that he never would see.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
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From this reading He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything."
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything."
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From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything."
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From this reading She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
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From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
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From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
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From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
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From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
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From this reading She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
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From this reading He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything."
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From this reading But Anne was convinced that he never would see.
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From this reading He had seen, as Edith had said, "everything."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But Anne was convinced that he never would see.
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From this reading She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She said to herself, "He thinks me hard, and obstinate, and cruel."
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From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Anne was convinced that he never would see.
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From this reading And this time he understood his wife better than she knew.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
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From this reading Majendie could never be angry with any woman for more than five minutes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But Anne was convinced that he never would see.
