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Chapter XXVIII
He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne. They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked. He sat there a long time. When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul. Let her love, and be happy with her lover!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let her love, and be happy with her lover!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He sat there a long time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He sat there a long time.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.”
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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 He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let her love, and be happy with her lover!
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
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From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
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From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
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From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
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From this reading Let her love, and be happy with her lover!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Let her love, and be happy with her lover!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let her love, and be happy with her lover!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He sat there a long time.
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From this reading Let her love, and be happy with her lover!
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From this reading Let her love, and be happy with her lover!
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From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
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From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
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From this reading He sat there a long time.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
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From this reading He sat there a long time.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He sat there a long time.
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From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went into a cafe and asked for a fine champagne.
at the time that
From this reading When he rose, he had drunk nine, and he felt better, with a kind of ferocity that was pleasant in his veins and a kind of nobility that was pleasant in his soul.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They brought him a carafe, with the measures marked.
