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Chapter XXXV
In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise. Tholomyès intervened. “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed. “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant. Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
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the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading “In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.”
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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 Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
any thing at all
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant.
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From this reading “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
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From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
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From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant.
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From this reading Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading Tholomyès intervened.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
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From this reading Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
not any; not one
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
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From this reading “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
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From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading Tholomyès intervened.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
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From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let us not talk at random nor too fast,” he exclaimed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading Too much improvisation empties the mind in a stupid way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant.
during the time that
From this reading In the meantime, while some sang, the rest talked together tumultuously all at once; it was no longer anything but noise.
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From this reading “Let us reflect, if we wish to be brilliant.
