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Chapter X
XLIII. WAS HIS HEART TRUE TO POLL? Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken. Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me. I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.”
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From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
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From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
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From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
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From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
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From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
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From this reading WAS HIS HEART TRUE TO POLL?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WAS HIS HEART TRUE TO POLL?
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From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
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From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
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From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
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From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
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From this reading WAS HIS HEART TRUE TO POLL?
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From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
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From this reading Never before had any one spoken to me as Mother Anastasia had just spoken.
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From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WAS HIS HEART TRUE TO POLL?
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From this reading WAS HIS HEART TRUE TO POLL?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WAS HIS HEART TRUE TO POLL?
in or at the place that
From this reading Never before had I felt as I felt in leaving the house where she had spoken to me.
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From this reading XLIII.
but in spite of that
From this reading I did not admit all that she had said; and yet not even to myself could I gainsay her statements.
