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Chapter X
He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you. And you remember the old times? You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau. Are you living in New York? Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.”
involved with or connected to
From this reading “He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “And you remember the old times?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.”
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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 looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you living in New York?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Are you living in New York?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading Are you living in New York?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
involved with or connected to
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau.
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From this reading Are you living in New York?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading And you remember the old times?
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From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
To recall to mind.
From this reading And you remember the old times?
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And you remember the old times?
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From this reading And you remember the old times?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
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From this reading Do you recollect how you tried to teach me to fence?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
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From this reading Are you living in New York?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you.
