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Chapter XXXI
But the months went by without healing Paul's grief. Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust. He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came. He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game. But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.”
showing no sympathy for other people’s suffering
From this reading “Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.”
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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 Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
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From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
showing no sympathy for other people’s suffering
From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
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From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
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From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
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From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
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From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
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From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
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From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
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From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
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From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
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From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
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From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game.
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From this reading He had got into a hard way of taking everything as it came.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Time only coated it with a dull, callous crust.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But the months went by without healing Paul's grief.
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From this reading But all with a stony, bald indifference which made people wonder.
