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Chapter CXXIX
(Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.) “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now. The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him. There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady. Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
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according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC)
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according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC)
From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
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From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
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From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
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From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
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From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
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From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
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From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
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From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
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From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
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From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
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From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
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From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
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From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
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From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
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From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
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From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
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From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
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From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
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From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
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From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
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From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
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From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
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From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Like cures like; and for this hunt, my malady becomes my most desired health.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Lad, lad, I tell thee thou must not follow Ahab now.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (Ahab moving to go on deck; Pip catches him by the hand to follow.)
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From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
at the time that
From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There is that in thee, poor lad, which I feel too curing to my malady.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
but in spite of that
From this reading The hour is coming when Ahab would not scare thee from him, yet would not have thee by him.
