Chapter IV · I Learn Hypocrisy

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

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From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “What shall I say to him? how shall I meet him? how can I hide my knowledge and act as if this thing had never been?”

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

which person or people

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

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From this reading Only eighteen, but from that moment, a woman.

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From this reading For even in that rush of confusing emotions I recognized one fact; that I must not betray by look or word that I knew his dreadful secret.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.

but in spite of that

From this reading Sunk in horror as I was, I yet had wit enough to clap my hands to my head and say I had been dazzled by the sun.

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From this reading Ambrose, who, in the week I had been with them, had shown himself delighted with the change my coming had made in the house, looked alarmed at this and wanted to call Mr. Allison; but I forbade him, and said I would go in by myself, which I did under a stress of will-power rarely exercised, I dare believe, by a girl so young and so miserable.