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Chapter X
To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure. But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other. Understand me thoroughly. The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute. I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.”
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading “I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Understand me thoroughly.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
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From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
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From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
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From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
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From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
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From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
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From this reading The soul speaks to God and asks him for many things; he is mute.
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From this reading Understand me thoroughly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Understand me thoroughly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
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From this reading But perhaps some day we shall find nothing but pleasure in writing to each other.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I seek to obtain in you the answers that God does not make to me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To Monsieur de Canalis: My Friend,--Your letter gives me as much pain as pleasure.
