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Chapter XXXVII
There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck! A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him. Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against 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 There's a brave fellow!
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From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading There's a brave fellow!
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading There's a brave fellow!
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
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From this reading Oliver Wendell Holmes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading There's a man of pluck!
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There's a man of pluck!
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From this reading Oliver Wendell Holmes.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading There's a man of pluck!
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From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Longfellow A man's love is the measure of his fitness for good or bad company here or elsewhere.
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From this reading There's a brave fellow!
in spite of the fact that
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
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From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
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From this reading Oliver Wendell Holmes.
which person or people
From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
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From this reading A man who is not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
