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Chapter XIX
A LOVE-LETTER. TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt. Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook. The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy. It failed to hold him.
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later than; following
From this reading “TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.”
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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 A LOVE-LETTER.
later than; following
From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
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From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
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From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
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From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
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From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
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From this reading It failed to hold him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It failed to hold him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
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From this reading It failed to hold him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It failed to hold him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading A LOVE-LETTER.
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From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
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From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
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From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
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From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
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From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
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From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nothing could be drearier than that process: nothing more desolate than the outlook.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
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From this reading The Disagreeable Man sat in his bedroom trying to read Carpenter's Anatomy.
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From this reading TWO days after Bernardine had left Petershof, the snows began to melt.
