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Chapter III
Just one hint in conclusion. A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still. So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone. A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado. May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
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later than; following
From this reading “A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “May he never come upon just cause for repentance!”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “May he never come upon just cause for repentance!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “May he never come upon just cause for repentance!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Just one hint in conclusion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “May he never come upon just cause for repentance!”
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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 Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
later than; following
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
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From this reading Just one hint in conclusion.
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From this reading A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado.
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From this reading A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
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From this reading A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
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From this reading Just one hint in conclusion.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just one hint in conclusion.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado.
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From this reading Just one hint in conclusion.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
not any; not one
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Just one hint in conclusion.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
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From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
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From this reading May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
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From this reading A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Don Juan as fresh as spring, a rosebud desperado.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading May he never come upon just cause for repentance!
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From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
which person or people
From this reading A Blade who collects stamps, or keeps tame rabbits, or eats sweets, oranges, or apples in the streets, or calls names publicly after his friends, is no Blade at all, but a boy still.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So, with our blessing, he swaggers on his way and is gone.
