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Chapter IX
"John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand." "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love? Well, perhaps not. Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love. Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.”
every person
From this reading “Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, perhaps not.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, perhaps not.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.”
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From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
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From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
every person
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
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From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
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From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
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From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
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From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
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From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
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From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, perhaps not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
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From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
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From this reading Well, perhaps not.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
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From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Drunkards hate to cure themselves of drink; smokers of smoke; lovers of love.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
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From this reading Well, perhaps not.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "I don't understand the importance which lovers attach to love?
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet all these appetites can be cured, often to the immense benefit of the sufferers and of everybody concerned.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "John," exclaimed Lucy, "you don't understand."
