Chapter XXIII · Death and Love

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Yet his will was unbroken, he was integral, complete.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading Thomas Crich died slowly, terribly slowly.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading Thomas Crich died slowly, terribly slowly.

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From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

every person

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Yet his will was unbroken, he was integral, complete.

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From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading Yet his will was unbroken, he was integral, complete.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

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From this reading Thomas Crich died slowly, terribly slowly.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

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From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading Thomas Crich died slowly, terribly slowly.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading Thomas Crich died slowly, terribly slowly.

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From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.

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From this reading Yet his will was unbroken, he was integral, complete.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

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From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Yet his will was unbroken, he was integral, complete.

in the company of; together with

From this reading He was only half conscious—a thin strand of consciousness linking the darkness of death with the light of day.

but in spite of that

From this reading It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.