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Chapter XXI
"But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again! I'll cross it, though it blast me." Hamlet. Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen. The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “I'll cross it, though it blast me."”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
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From this reading I'll cross it, though it blast me."
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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From this reading I'll cross it, though it blast me."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
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From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'll cross it, though it blast me."
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
above and across; more than
From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
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From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I'll cross it, though it blast me."
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
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From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
at the time that
From this reading The sobs of the household made the English party feel very glad when it was over and the cavalcade was in motion.
in or at the place that
From this reading "But soft, behold! lo, where it comes again!
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From this reading Floods of tears were shed at the departure of the two young officers of sixteen and seventeen.
