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Chapter III
“Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly. “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.” “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir. “I don’t know—I don’t think so. I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t know—I don’t think so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?”
not one, and not any
From this reading ““No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading ““Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t know—I don’t think so.”
but in spite of that
From this reading ““Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.”
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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 “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
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From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
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From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
on the far side of; further than
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
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From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
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From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
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From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
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From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know—I don’t think so.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I don’t know—I don’t think so.
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
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From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know—I don’t think so.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No, I don’t feel horror—horror is conflict—and I have none—I’m alien to life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I’ve tried to believe in something external, something that might envelop this and carry it beyond—that’s what we demand of our faiths, isn’t it?
but in spite of that
From this reading “Have you a religion, Julie?” he asked, still in the same loud voice, as if he were addressing someone a little raised, yet invisible, as one tries to see a choir.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Don’t you feel horror?” he asked in a loud voice, suddenly.
