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Chapter XVIII
This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned. He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight. For the last I would not answer. It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion. He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For the last I would not answer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “For the last I would not answer.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
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From this reading For the last I would not answer.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
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From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
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From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
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From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
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From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
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From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
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From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
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From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
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From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the last I would not answer.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
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From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
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From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
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From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the last I would not answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For the last I would not answer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
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From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is about the end of the story so far as I am concerned.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took her away in the morning, but not to his own house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
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From this reading He spent the night there by her sofa, kissing her dress and her hands, and watching her in a transport of passion and perhaps delight.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It must have been at best a troubled joy; and a man’s infatuation for a beautiful face is not what I call love, though it is often a very tragic and terrible passion.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading For the last I would not answer.
