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Chapter XXVIII
take my nourishment. Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters. Interest? Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs. And oh, the poverty of invention!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “take my nourishment.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.”
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And oh, the poverty of invention!
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Interest?
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From this reading And oh, the poverty of invention!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading take my nourishment.
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From this reading take my nourishment.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And oh, the poverty of invention!
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From this reading And oh, the poverty of invention!
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From this reading And oh, the poverty of invention!
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading take my nourishment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And oh, the poverty of invention!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
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From this reading Lord, it's all so juvenile! so artificial, so shoddy; & such wax figures & skeletons & specters.
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From this reading Why, it is impossible to feel an interest in these bloodless shams, these milk-&-water humbugs.
