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Chapter XIV
We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak. Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality. Nothing ever happens. I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things. Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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later than; following
From this reading “I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing ever happens.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing ever happens.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!”
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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 Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality.
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
later than; following
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality.
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing ever happens.
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
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From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
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From this reading Nothing ever happens.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing ever happens.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality.
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading Our meals are served with a maddening punctuality.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
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From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
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From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
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From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We always go to bed at nine and get up with daybreak.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I have accustomed myself without much difficulty to this mapping out of the day, which perhaps is, after all, in the nature of things.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Where would the life of the universe be but for that subjection to fixed laws which, according to the astronomers, so Louis tells me, rule the spheres!
