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Chapter XXXVI
Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast. And while it cometh, it is almost past. Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just. --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’ ‘How long have we been here?’
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “--G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “--G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘How long have we been here?’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘How long have we been here?’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘How long have we been here?’”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “--G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’”
during the time that
From this reading “And while it cometh, it is almost past.”
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From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
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From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
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From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
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From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
one or the other of two
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
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From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
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From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
an old form of “has”
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘How long have we been here?’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘How long have we been here?’
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
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From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘How long have we been here?’
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
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From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
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From this reading Away distrust, My God hath promised, He is just.
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
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From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading --G. HERBERT ‘Arthur, the landlady has been to ask how much longer we shall want the rooms!’
during the time that
From this reading And while it cometh, it is almost past.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Either grief will not come, or if it must, Do not forecast.
