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Chapter XVIII
“No,” he protested. “It’s not going to be that way! You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black. If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do. I love you too much for that!”
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used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.”
On the present night.
From this reading “If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.”
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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 If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It’s not going to be that way!
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading “It’s not going to be that way!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No,” he protested.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading “It’s not going to be that way!
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading I love you too much for that!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading I love you too much for that!”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” he protested.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “It’s not going to be that way!
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From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading “No,” he protested.
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From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “It’s not going to be that way!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It’s not going to be that way!
On the present night.
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
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From this reading I love you too much for that!”
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From this reading “It’s not going to be that way!
in the company of; together with
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If I had only myself to consider I’d run away with you tonight; but that would be a despicable thing for me to do.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
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From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You’ve lost your courage and I can’t blame you for seeing things black.
