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Chapter X
"I have already completed my academic duties. Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine. Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun. It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him. What were you reading?"
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I have already completed my academic duties.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I have already completed my academic duties.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.”
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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 Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
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From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have already completed my academic duties.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I have already completed my academic duties.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have already completed my academic duties.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have already completed my academic duties.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have already completed my academic duties.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have already completed my academic duties.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have already completed my academic duties.
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From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
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From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
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From this reading What were you reading?"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is the great beneficent force of Nature--man's ally against cold, sterility, and all that is abhorrent to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Take my arm, and we shall walk in the sunshine.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What were you reading?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What were you reading?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Surely we cannot wonder that Eastern people should have made a deity of the sun.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What were you reading?"
