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Chapter XVII
‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’ But she laughed at him. ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man! Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_? Just you try to strangle me and you’ll see what I’ll do!
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any thing at all
From this reading “Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?”
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading “Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’”
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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 know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just you try to strangle me and you’ll see what I’ll do!
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From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
any thing at all
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But she laughed at him.
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From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she laughed at him.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But she laughed at him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
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From this reading Just you try to strangle me and you’ll see what I’ll do!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
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From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
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From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But she laughed at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
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From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just you try to strangle me and you’ll see what I’ll do!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she laughed at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just you try to strangle me and you’ll see what I’ll do!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Just you try to strangle me and you’ll see what I’ll do!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t you know that it is forbidden you to lay your hands upon a woman, just as it’s forbidden for a donkey to have anything to do with the _Pater Noster_?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘If you were to do that, La Teuse,’ retorted the Brother ragefully, ‘I would strangle you, that I would.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just you try to strangle me and you’ll see what I’ll do!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Don’t talk any of your nonsense to me, my man!
