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Chapter I
ETYMOLOGY. (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.) The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
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From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
showing who or what does the action
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From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
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From this reading He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
a history of a word
From this reading ETYMOLOGY.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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From this reading He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
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From this reading He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality.
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
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From this reading The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
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From this reading He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world.
