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Chapter XXIII
“A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself. She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world. It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so. It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that. It is just how things happen to be.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
any thing at all
From this reading “She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.”
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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 “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
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From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
any thing at all
From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
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From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
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From this reading It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that.
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From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
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From this reading It is just how things happen to be.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
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From this reading It is just how things happen to be.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
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From this reading It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
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From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
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From this reading It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that.
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From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
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From this reading It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
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From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
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From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
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From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
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From this reading It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
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From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
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From this reading It may not be just, it may not be fair, but things are so.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is just how things happen to be.
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From this reading It isn’t law, nor custom, nor masculine violence settled that.
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From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
which person or people
From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
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From this reading “A woman wants a proper alliance with a man, a man who is better stuff than herself.
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From this reading She wants that and needs it more than anything else in the world.
