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Chapter VIII
He rallied for a moment. He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him. He had risen to go. “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?” “_Your_ longing will make no difference.”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““_Your_ longing will make no difference.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.”
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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 He rallied for a moment.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
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From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
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From this reading “_Your_ longing will make no difference.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He rallied for a moment.
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From this reading He had risen to go.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had risen to go.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He rallied for a moment.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_Your_ longing will make no difference.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Your_ longing will make no difference.”
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From this reading He rallied for a moment.
not any; not one
From this reading “_Your_ longing will make no difference.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He rallied for a moment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had risen to go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
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From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had risen to go.
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From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He made his one last pitiful stand against the supernatural thing that was conquering him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
at the time that
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “_Your_ longing will make no difference.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And when _I_ want to come, when I long for you, what then?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “_Your_ longing will make no difference.”
