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Chapter CCCLXI
It is a terrible thing to be happy! How content one is! How all-sufficient one finds it! How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty! Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!”
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading “How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “How content one is!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It is a terrible thing to be happy!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is a terrible thing to be happy!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.”
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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 It is a terrible thing to be happy!
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From this reading How all-sufficient one finds it!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is a terrible thing to be happy!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
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From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
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From this reading How content one is!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
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From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
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From this reading How all-sufficient one finds it!
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From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
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From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
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From this reading It is a terrible thing to be happy!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
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From this reading How content one is!
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a terrible thing to be happy!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a terrible thing to be happy!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
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From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
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From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading How content one is!
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From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
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From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
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From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is a terrible thing to be happy!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a terrible thing to be happy!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is a terrible thing to be happy!
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From this reading How, being in possession of the false object of life, happiness, one forgets the true object, duty!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
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From this reading Let us say, however, that the reader would do wrong were he to blame Marius.
