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XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. September 18, 19--. How abominable I must seem to you, Dane! For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions. I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “How abominable I must seem to you, Dane!”
in the direction of
From this reading “I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.”
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From this reading September 18, 19--.
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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 For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading How abominable I must seem to you, Dane!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
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showing who or what does the action
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From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
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From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
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From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
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From this reading How abominable I must seem to you, Dane!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How abominable I must seem to you, Dane!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
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From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading How abominable I must seem to you, Dane!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
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From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
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From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
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From this reading How abominable I must seem to you, Dane!
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From this reading September 18, 19--.
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From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For certainly a creature is abominable that lays rough hands on one's dearest possessions.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
in the direction of
From this reading I doubt if even you realise how deeply you are stirred by my conduct towards love.
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From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
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From this reading XXX FROM HERBERT WACE TO DANE KEMPTON THE RIDGE, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How abominable I must seem to you, Dane!
