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Chapter XVI
But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent. They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly. “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply. “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage! That's it.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading ““Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.”
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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 They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
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From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
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From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
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From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
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From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
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From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
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From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
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From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
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From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
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From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
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From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
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From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
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From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
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From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
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From this reading That's it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Almost any music of Handel's always means one thing above all others to me: courage!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
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From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
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From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
at the time that
From this reading But when she asked him what it meant, on their homeward way, he was silent.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They had come a few paces from the church without speaking, walking slowly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I'll tell you what it meant to me,” she said, as he did not immediately reply.
