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Romance

Chapter XX

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“Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”
If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.
It was a point of honour.
I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.
But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.
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Romance

Chapter XX

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”
Line 2
If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.
Line 3
It was a point of honour.
Line 4
I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.
Line 5
But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Cruel adjective US /ˈkruːəl/

causing pain or showing no kindness

From this reading “But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.”

Order noun US /order/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.”

Point noun US /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading “It was a point of honour.”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.”

Serenity noun US /səˈren.ə.t̬i/

The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled by external storms.

From this reading “But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.”

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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 It was a point of honour.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

capacity

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

confessing

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

courage

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From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/

causing pain or showing no kindness

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

death

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From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

easier

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From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

endurance

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

faith

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

honour

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From this reading It was a point of honour.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a point of honour.

Juan

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From this reading “Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

like

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From this reading “Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”

love

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

martyrdom

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

more

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From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

mountains

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

move

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

ordernounUS /order/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

out

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From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

passive

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading It was a point of honour.

power

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

sacrifices

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

seek

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From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

serenitynounUS /səˈren.ə.t̬i/

The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled by external storms.

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

sinister

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

some

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From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading If she had the courage of this death, I must have even more.

Then

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From this reading “Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading “Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

together

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From this reading “Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was a point of honour.

way

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From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

why

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From this reading “Then, Juan--why not together--like this?”

wish

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From this reading I had no wish, and no right, to seek for some easier way out of life.

woman's

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From this reading But she had a woman’s capacity for passive endurance, a serenity of mind in this martyrdom confessing to something sinister in the power of love that, like faith, can move mountains and order cruel sacrifices.