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Chapter VII
But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!" "No hitting below the belt!" "Cad--coward!" It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this. "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “"No hitting below the belt!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.”
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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 "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
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From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading "No hitting below the belt!"
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From this reading "No hitting below the belt!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
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From this reading "Cad--coward!"
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading "Cad--coward!"
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From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
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From this reading "No hitting below the belt!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
not any; not one
From this reading "No hitting below the belt!"
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
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From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
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From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
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From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No hitting below the belt!"
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
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From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It appeared that, somehow, he had managed to offend their prejudices even in this.
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From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But once more there were cries and murmurs of "Shame!"
at the time that
From this reading "It's very odd," he thought; "when I didn't fight they called me a coward, and now, when I do, I don't seem to have pleased them much.
