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Chapter X
THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover. “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed. “If only tee had never had to leave!” “That way lies unhappiness” he said. “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ““Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““If only tee had never had to leave!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!”
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading “THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.”
but in spite of that
From this reading ““Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!”
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From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
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From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
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From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
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From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “If only tee had never had to leave!”
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That way lies unhappiness” he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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From this reading “If only tee had never had to leave!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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From this reading “That way lies unhappiness” he said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If only tee had never had to leave!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That way lies unhappiness” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
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From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If only tee had never had to leave!”
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From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That way lies unhappiness” he said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If only tee had never had to leave!”
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From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That way lies unhappiness” he said.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF THE TETHER _They sat still watching upon the hill-top, drinking in the scent of the clover.
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From this reading “That way lies unhappiness” he said.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Ah, if only we might have come back here!” she sighed.
but in spite of that
From this reading “Perhaps,” she answered; and then quoted-- ‘Yet, Thyrsis, let me give my grief its hour In the old haunt, and find our tree-topp’d hill!
