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Chapter XIII
Listen to me and heed me! If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result! Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act! Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel. Knowles--The Hunchback.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!”
belonging to which person
From this reading “Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.”
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From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
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From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
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From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
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From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
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From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Knowles--The Hunchback.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
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From this reading Knowles--The Hunchback.
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
not any; not one
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
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From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
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From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading If this contract Thou holdst me to, abide thou the result!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Listen to me and heed me!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Answer to heaven for what I suffer! act!
belonging to which person
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Prepare thyself for such calamity To fall on me, and those whose evil Have linked them with me, as no past mishap, However rare and marvellously Sad, Can parallel.
