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Chapter XII
JESSIE'S ROSEWATER PHILOSOPHY. Her voice was like music to my heart. With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one. I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight. But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.”
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading “JESSIE'S ROSEWATER PHILOSOPHY.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.”
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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 With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading JESSIE'S ROSEWATER PHILOSOPHY.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
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From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
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From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
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From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading JESSIE'S ROSEWATER PHILOSOPHY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JESSIE'S ROSEWATER PHILOSOPHY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
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From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
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From this reading I sat between them, now patting my mother's hand, now turning restlessly to Jessie, and looking at her in delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
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From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her voice was like music to my heart.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Jessie on one side of me, and my mother on the other, there was not a cloud on my life, nor room for one.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But the change in the aspect of things was so sudden and unexpected, that it would not have much amazed me to see Jessie melt into thin air.
