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Chapter XXXVIII
A SLOW TRANSITION. A dreary time followed. Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty. He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him! He was taking the meanest of revenges!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A dreary time followed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.”
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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 SLOW TRANSITION.
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading A dreary time followed.
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading A dreary time followed.
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading He was taking the meanest of revenges!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading He was taking the meanest of revenges!
except for; apart from
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading A SLOW TRANSITION.
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From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
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From this reading He was taking the meanest of revenges!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A dreary time followed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
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From this reading A SLOW TRANSITION.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was taking the meanest of revenges!
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From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He knew as well as he what would ease his pain and give him sleep, but not a finger would he move to save him!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sometimes the patient would lie awake half the night, howling with misery, and accusing Donal of heartless cruelty.
