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Chapter V
“Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here. I wish I had never seen her. If she died it would be no grief to me. But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it. So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wish I had never seen her.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading ““Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If she died it would be no grief to me.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
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From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
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From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
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From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
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From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
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From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wish I had never seen her.
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From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
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From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I wish I had never seen her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
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From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
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From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wish I had never seen her.
not any; not one
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
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From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
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From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
above and across; more than
From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
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From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
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From this reading I wish I had never seen her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So now just clear your great body out of this, and leave me to my books.
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From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
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From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
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From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
at the time that
From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
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From this reading I wish I had never seen her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But as to handing her over to you, when it is clear she fears and hates you, I won’t do it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If she died it would be no grief to me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Look here, you--whatever your name is,” I said, sternly, “I don’t want this wench here.
