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Chapter IV
AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition. I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges. By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind. So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript. They were food for dreams; little more.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.”
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading “AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They were food for dreams; little more.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.”
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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 By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
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From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
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From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
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From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
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From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
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From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
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From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
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From this reading They were food for dreams; little more.
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From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
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From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
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From this reading They were food for dreams; little more.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were food for dreams; little more.
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From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
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From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By degrees I had come to feel a great contempt for the average mind.
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From this reading They were food for dreams; little more.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
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From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
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From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
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From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
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From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were food for dreams; little more.
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From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AS April advanced I left the Corbin Company, determined to improve my condition.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was tired of collecting—the same districts, the same excuses, innocences, subterfuges.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So many people were so low, so shifty, so dirty, so nondescript.
