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Chapter IV
Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him. Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her. She was attached to Clifford. He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him. But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.”
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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 Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
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From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
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From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
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From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
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From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
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From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
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From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
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From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
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From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
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From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But she wanted a good deal from the life of a man, and this Clifford did not give her; could not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
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From this reading He wanted a good deal of her life and she gave it to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was attached to Clifford.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Connie always had a foreboding of the hopelessness of her affair with Mick, as people called him.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet other men seemed to mean nothing to her.
