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Chapter III
“I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard. “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like. He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck. That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.” “And the woman?” asked the connoisseur.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And the woman?” asked the connoisseur.”
a person who knows a great deal about the quality of something
From this reading ““And the woman?” asked the connoisseur.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.””
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ““Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.””
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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 He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
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From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And the woman?” asked the connoisseur.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
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From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
a person who knows a great deal about the quality of something
From this reading “And the woman?” asked the connoisseur.
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From this reading He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
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From this reading He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And the woman?” asked the connoisseur.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I am glad I knew enough to respect him even there,” murmured Hayden, in his beard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That is as good a way as any, or ought to be, to enter another life--if there is another life.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And the woman?” asked the connoisseur.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He died a moral hero, if a mental and physical wreck.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, you may respect him, and love him if you like.
