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Chapter XIV
But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves. “Oh! that doesn’t matter,” she replied. “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow. Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.” Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.”
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading “Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.””
in addition to; as well as
From this reading “Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Oh! that doesn’t matter,” she replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.””
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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 “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
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From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading “Oh! that doesn’t matter,” she replied.
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From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
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From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading “Oh! that doesn’t matter,” she replied.
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading “Oh! that doesn’t matter,” she replied.
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From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh! that doesn’t matter,” she replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Oh! that doesn’t matter,” she replied.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
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From this reading Up above, in the Sainte-Honorine Ward, they found Madame Vetu still moaning, a prey to most intolerable suffering.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
which person or people
From this reading But she smiled in her turn, like an indulgent friend who tolerates the shortcomings of those she loves.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Besides, we see so many people, we go amongst such pagans that it would be difficult to shock us.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I know you; you’re all the same a good fellow.
