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Chapter XXVI
And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman. Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him. In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion. She recalled his lonely dogging of her footsteps. If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
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later than; following
From this reading “If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.”
every person
From this reading “And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.”
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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 In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
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From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
later than; following
From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
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From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
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From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
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From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
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From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
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From this reading She recalled his lonely dogging of her footsteps.
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From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
every person
From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading She recalled his lonely dogging of her footsteps.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She recalled his lonely dogging of her footsteps.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
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From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
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From this reading She recalled his lonely dogging of her footsteps.
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From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
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From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
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From this reading If he had played the dog, after all, she loved dogs.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her own rebuke of him for assaulting Cheever had absolved him.
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From this reading She recalled his lonely dogging of her footsteps.
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From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She recalled his lonely dogging of her footsteps.
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From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now having felt sorry for everybody else, Charity began to feel pleasantly sorry for Jim Dyckman.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
