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I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes. The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so. He would be so sympathetic! There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here. Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.”
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From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
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From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He would be so sympathetic!
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From this reading Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.
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From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would be so sympathetic!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
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From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something not quite sympathetic, or clean, or good.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
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From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
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From this reading He would be so sympathetic!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
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From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
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From this reading There is such an aggressive feeling of selfishness in the air here.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
at the time that
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
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From this reading I wish we were in the little cottage at Thebes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The sweet-williams are ravishingly sweet now; and I would like to have just my dog near when I love Edgar so.
