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Chapter XXVIII
When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely. Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd! And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly. I am always rather good at crying. Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I am always rather good at crying.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.”
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From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
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From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
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From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
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From this reading I am always rather good at crying.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am always rather good at crying.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
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From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
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From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I am always rather good at crying.
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From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
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From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
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From this reading I am always rather good at crying.
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From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
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From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am always rather good at crying.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
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From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
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From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
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From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
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From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
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From this reading I am always rather good at crying.
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From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
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From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
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From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cry! on the day of Roger's first back-coming! absurd!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
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From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
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From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
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From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
at the time that
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tears with me do not argue any very profound depth of affliction.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When I rose this morning, I did not think that I should have cried before night; indeed, nothing would have seemed to me so unlikely.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
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From this reading And yet now the morning is still quite young, and I have wept abundantly.
