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Chapter XXI
"A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?' Is worse to man than worse necessity." Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us. It is close on Christmastide indeed. All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.”
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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 bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading "A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
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From this reading It is close on Christmastide indeed.
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From this reading It is close on Christmastide indeed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
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From this reading It is close on Christmastide indeed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is worse to man than worse necessity."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is close on Christmastide indeed.
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading Is worse to man than worse necessity."
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From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
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From this reading Is worse to man than worse necessity."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It is close on Christmastide indeed.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading "A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Is worse to man than worse necessity."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
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From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Is worse to man than worse necessity."
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From this reading All the trees lie bare and desolate, the leaves have fallen from them, and their sweet denizens, the birds, flown or dead.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "A bitter and perplexed 'What shall I do?'
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From this reading Three months have come and gone, and winter is upon us.
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From this reading Is worse to man than worse necessity."
