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Chapter VI
"Jim, I positively do not care for parties. I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life. Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?" "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice. And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"”
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading “I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
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From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
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From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
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From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
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From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
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From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
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From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
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From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
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From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
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From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
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From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
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From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
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From this reading "Jim, I positively do not care for parties.
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From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
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From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading I don’t even desire to waste one minute of my life.
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From this reading And turning swiftly to Cleland Senior: "As for you, darling, I could spend every minute of my whole existence with you and not be bored for one second!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Sometimes," she retorted, with delighted malice.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ordinary people bore me, I tell you——" "Do I?"
