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Chapter XXIX
UNDER THE CLOCK-TOWER. I will tell you when they parted. When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted. The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore. --C. Rossetti.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I will tell you when they parted.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “UNDER THE CLOCK-TOWER.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted.
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From this reading --C. Rossetti.
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From this reading UNDER THE CLOCK-TOWER.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will tell you when they parted.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading I will tell you when they parted.
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From this reading When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading --C. Rossetti.
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From this reading When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I will tell you when they parted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNDER THE CLOCK-TOWER.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
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From this reading When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I will tell you when they parted.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading UNDER THE CLOCK-TOWER.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When plenteous autumn sheaves were brown, Then they parted heavy-hearted.
at the time that
From this reading I will tell you when they parted.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will tell you when they parted.
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From this reading The full rejoicing sun looked down As grand as in the days before: Only to them those days of yore Could come back nevermore.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I will tell you when they parted.
