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Chapter XIII
Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy. In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife. To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye. He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side. She was indeed dead to him in one sense.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She was indeed dead to him in one sense.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.”
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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 To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
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From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was indeed dead to him in one sense.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading She was indeed dead to him in one sense.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
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From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was indeed dead to him in one sense.
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From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was indeed dead to him in one sense.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
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From this reading He was shocked and startled--more so than if he awoke some fair summer morning to find Dora dead by his side.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
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From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
in or at the place that
From this reading Ronald did not return in the evening to the pretty villa where he had once been so happy.
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From this reading In the warmth of his anger, he felt that he never could look again upon his wife.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To his sensitive, refined nature there was something more repulsive in the dishonorable act she had committed than there would have been in a crime of deeper dye.
