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Chapter IV
TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth. I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow. I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil. The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous. As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.”
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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 TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
the two together, not just one
From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
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From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
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From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
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From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
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From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
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From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
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From this reading The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous.
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From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
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From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
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From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
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From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
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From this reading The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous.
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From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
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From this reading The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous.
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From this reading The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous.
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From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
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From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
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From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
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From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
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From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
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From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
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From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
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From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TEMPTATION Last evening, I had a bright fire on the hearth.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
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From this reading I surprised myself singing, as I prepared for a night of toil.
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From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As I sat down, I heard on the stairway the sound of voices and hurried steps.
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From this reading The mansarde laughed to find itself warm and luminous.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was rich enough to have two candles, and had lighted them both, regardless of the morrow.
