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Chapter XVI
And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being. ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’ And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again. ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible. At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.”
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
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From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
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From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
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From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
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From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
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From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
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From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
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From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
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From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
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From this reading At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
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From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
above and across; more than
From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
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From this reading And I drew her hand down and kissed it passionately over and over again.
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From this reading At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
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From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
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From this reading ‘We are not children, to hide our faces among shadows and pretend we are invisible.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At least we have the Present--the Moment that is here and now.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
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From this reading And it was inevitable; I must speak out, regardless of mere bodily well-being.
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From this reading ‘We shall have to face them some day,’ I cried, although the effort hurt abominably, ‘then why not now?’
