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Chapter IX
'You do not understand women.' 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?' Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual. These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly. 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'You do not understand women.'”
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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 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
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From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'You do not understand women.'
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From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
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From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
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From this reading Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
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From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
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From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'You do not understand women.'
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From this reading Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.
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From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
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From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
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From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'You do not understand women.'
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From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
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From this reading Harold asked a little more petulantly than usual.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'But what has understanding women to do with a religious question?'
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From this reading 'You do not understand women.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Women's lives are so different from men, we need a more intimate consolation than Protestantism can give us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These were the words and intonation she had expected, and she smiled inwardly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'You do not understand women.'
