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Chapter XL
“No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths. You shouldn’t say it.” “Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright. “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene. I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ““No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have two ideas in my head, and no others.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ““But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright.”
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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 “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
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From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
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From this reading I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
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From this reading I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You shouldn’t say it.”
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From this reading “Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading I have two ideas in my head, and no others.
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From this reading “Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright.
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From this reading “Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright.
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From this reading You shouldn’t say it.”
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From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading You shouldn’t say it.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright.
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From this reading “Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “No, Mr. Clym, don’t fancy that about driving two women to their deaths.
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From this reading “But anyhow God has set a mark upon me which wouldn’t look well in a love-making scene.
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From this reading “Well, we’ll leave that out,” said Yeobright.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You shouldn’t say it.”
