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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
all
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
bag
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
bag-affair
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From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
becoming
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
Bobby
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
boundaries
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From this reading We have stepped over the boundaries of June into July.
brothers
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
built
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
ceased
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
cupboard
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
decent
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
devolves
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
excellently
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
fortnight
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From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
frail
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
gone
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
hand
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
hard
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have stepped over the boundaries of June into July.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
hornily
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
indifferent
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
July
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From this reading We have stepped over the boundaries of June into July.
June
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From this reading We have stepped over the boundaries of June into July.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
lie
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
likely
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
lost
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
more
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
much
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
now
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From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
nuns
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
object
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
offense
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
offer
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
old
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From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
out
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We have stepped over the boundaries of June into July.
privacy
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
prolonged
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
quavering
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
really
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
reissue
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
say
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
stammer
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
stepped
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From this reading We have stepped over the boundaries of June into July.
stepping
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
stored
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
sweets
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bag-affair is quite an old one now--a fortnight old.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
thenceadverbUS /ðens/
from that place or that time
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
times
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
voice
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
vulnerable
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
wall
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From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The bag itself has, I believe, retired into the decent privacy of a cupboard, nor is it much more likely to reissue thence than was one of the frail nuns built into the wall in the old times likely to come stepping out again.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have stepped over the boundaries of June into July.
weapon
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From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
whereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/
in or to any place at all
From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offense, I am now becoming _hornily_ hard and indifferent to it.
Yes
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From this reading Yes, June has gone to look for all its dead brothers, wherever--since they say nothing is ever really lost--they lie with their stored sweets.
