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Chapter XVIII
“I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine. Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.” Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.” Somers could never recall it without writhing. It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Somers could never recall it without writhing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ““I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somers could never recall it without writhing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.””
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.””
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Somers could never recall it without writhing.”
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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 Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
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From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
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From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
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From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Somers could never recall it without writhing.
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From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
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From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
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From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
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From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
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From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
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From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
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From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Somers could never recall it without writhing.
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From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somers could never recall it without writhing.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
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From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
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From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somers could never recall it without writhing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somers could never recall it without writhing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is not death that matters, but the loss of the integral soul.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
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From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
at the time that
From this reading Bluebells I’ll gather, take them and be true, When I’m a man, my plan will be to marry you.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Somers could never recall it without writhing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somers could never recall it without writhing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wailing down the lost corridors of hell, surely, those ghastly melancholy notes-- “All my li-i-i-ife--I’ll be you-u-r Valentine.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine, All my life I’ll be you-o-o-ur Valentine.
