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Chapter IV
"Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money. "Would you accept the power of reading hearts? Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice? We may escape one but we cannot escape the other. Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.”
former courts that met at regular times in each English county
From this reading “Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “"Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Would you accept the power of reading hearts?”
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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 "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
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From this reading "Would you accept the power of reading hearts?
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From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
former courts that met at regular times in each English county
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.
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From this reading We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
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From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
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From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
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From this reading "Would you accept the power of reading hearts?
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From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Would you accept the power of reading hearts?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Would you accept the power of reading hearts?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Do you think the privilege of a judge of the court of assizes so much to be envied?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We may escape one but we cannot escape the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why not leave things to human justice or divine justice?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Would you accept the power of reading hearts?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you think your conduct is merciful?" she asked, drawing me to the embrasure of a window just as I was leaving the card-table, having lost all my money.
