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Chapter IV
Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation. Let us ask him where Rodriguez is going. Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder. "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going. My master did not tell me."
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My master did not tell me."”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.”
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From this reading Let us ask him where Rodriguez is going.
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From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
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From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
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From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading My master did not tell me."
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From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
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From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.
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From this reading "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.
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From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
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From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
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From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
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From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
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From this reading Let us ask him where Rodriguez is going.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us ask him where Rodriguez is going.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Let us ask him where Rodriguez is going.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
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From this reading My master did not tell me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My master did not tell me."
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From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My master did not tell me."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
above and across; more than
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
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From this reading Let us ask him where Rodriguez is going.
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From this reading "I do not know," he says, "where Don Rodriguez is going.
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From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My master did not tell me."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
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From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us in fancy call up the shade of Morano from that far generation.
in or at the place that
From this reading Let us ask him where Rodriguez is going.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
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From this reading Those blue eyes, dim with the distance over which our fancy has called them, look in our eyes with wonder.
