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Chapter V
And full of black rage! Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it. She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her. But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated! And by a woman!
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!”
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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 And by a woman!
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And full of black rage!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading And full of black rage!
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And by a woman!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
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From this reading And full of black rage!
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And full of black rage!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading And full of black rage!
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
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From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She might have shamed me then, and I might have taken the shame to myself and forgiven her.
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From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
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From this reading Had she only reproached me, or, turning on me in the hour of MY victory, said all that she had now said in the moment of her own, I could have borne it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, as it was, I stood there in the gathering dusk, between the darkening hedges, baffled, tricked, defeated!
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From this reading And by a woman!
