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Chapter III
If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice! The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead. My limbs trembled, my heart fluttered in my bosom. I could neither listen nor yet speak. And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could neither listen nor yet speak.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “I could neither listen nor yet speak.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could neither listen nor yet speak.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I could neither listen nor yet speak.”
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From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
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From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My limbs trembled, my heart fluttered in my bosom.
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From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could neither listen nor yet speak.
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From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My limbs trembled, my heart fluttered in my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
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From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
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From this reading My limbs trembled, my heart fluttered in my bosom.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I could neither listen nor yet speak.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My limbs trembled, my heart fluttered in my bosom.
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From this reading My limbs trembled, my heart fluttered in my bosom.
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From this reading I could neither listen nor yet speak.
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From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
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From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
not one and not the other of two
From this reading I could neither listen nor yet speak.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I could neither listen nor yet speak.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
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From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
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From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
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From this reading I could neither listen nor yet speak.
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From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My limbs trembled, my heart fluttered in my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The great cold drops of moisture were on my forehead.
which person or people
From this reading And those who would have spoken to me, those who loved me, sighing, went away.
in the company of; together with
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If my Agnès had been with me she would have seen our child, she would have heard that voice!
but in spite of that
From this reading I could neither listen nor yet speak.
