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Chapter X
"Oh, sir," he said. "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't." "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea." But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did. When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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for the reason that
From this reading “But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."”
one or the other of two
From this reading “But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."”
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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
for the reason that
From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
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From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
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From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
one or the other of two
From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, sir," he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
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From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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From this reading "Oh, sir," he said.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sir," he said.
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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sir," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
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From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
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From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
at the time that
From this reading When it came up to my mouth I said to it: Try some other door, this one is not opening.
which person or people
From this reading But he didn't carry that out either because there were many men there who drank as much as he did.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I would like to carry out that penance, but the water is starting to come into my mouth, and I can't."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If that's the way it is," I said, "the penance I give you is to drink all the water in the sea."
