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Chapter VII
“And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made. What could there be more natural? The young girl is marriageable, she should marry. What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry? Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “What could there be more natural?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.”
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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 What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What could there be more natural?
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From this reading Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading What could there be more natural?
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From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading The young girl is marriageable, she should marry.
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.
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From this reading Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The young girl is marriageable, she should marry.
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
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From this reading The young girl is marriageable, she should marry.
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
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From this reading The young girl is marriageable, she should marry.
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From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading What could there be more natural?
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From this reading Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.
not any; not one
From this reading Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
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From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The young girl is marriageable, she should marry.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The young girl is marriageable, she should marry.
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From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
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From this reading What could there be more natural?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
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From this reading Well, no, here begins a new hypocrisy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What could there be more natural?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “And note, also, this falsehood, of which all are guilty; the way in which marriages are made.
in the company of; together with
From this reading What simpler, provided the young person is not a monster, and men can be found with a desire to marry?
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From this reading The young girl is marriageable, she should marry.
