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Chapter XV
"There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander. "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?" "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace? You can get that in any garlanded sepulcher. Peace is like perfection, it isn't desirable.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?”
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From this reading You can get that in any garlanded sepulcher.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You can get that in any garlanded sepulcher.
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From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
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From this reading Peace is like perfection, it isn't desirable.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
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From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
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From this reading You can get that in any garlanded sepulcher.
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From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Peace is like perfection, it isn't desirable.
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From this reading Peace is like perfection, it isn't desirable.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Peace is like perfection, it isn't desirable.
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From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
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From this reading Peace is like perfection, it isn't desirable.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
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From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
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From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
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From this reading Peace is like perfection, it isn't desirable.
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From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
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From this reading You can get that in any garlanded sepulcher.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You can get that in any garlanded sepulcher.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
at the time that
From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
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From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
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From this reading "There doesn't seem to be much peace left in the world," mused Wander.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Oh, dear me," retorted Kate, "what would you have us do with peace?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you women think you will have peace when you get this new faith?"
