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Chapter XVII
"Man, false man, smiling, destructive man." "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born." "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it. "We have been so frightened! Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"We have been so frightened!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"We have been so frightened!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.”
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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 Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
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From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "We have been so frightened!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Man, false man, smiling, destructive man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Man, false man, smiling, destructive man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We have been so frightened!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We have been so frightened!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Man, false man, smiling, destructive man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Man, false man, smiling, destructive man."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "We have been so frightened!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such a storm, and Baltimore says that mare you had is very uncertain.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We have been so frightened!
which person or people
From this reading "Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, most mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh! my dear girl, is it you at last?" cries Lady Baltimore, running out into the hall as Joyce enters it.
