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Chapter XIII
“Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos. “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.” “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.” “And I to follow so knightly a leader. But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading ““Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.””
an old word for “no”
From this reading ““Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.””
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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 “And I to follow so knightly a leader.
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From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And I to follow so knightly a leader.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
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From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
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From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And I to follow so knightly a leader.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And I to follow so knightly a leader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And I to follow so knightly a leader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
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From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “And I to follow so knightly a leader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Nay, John, I will be proud to have the best lance in Christendom beneath my banner.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But Nigel Loring is my Squire, and so he comes with us also.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “We two are rivals in honor, Walter, but I am very sure that you would not hold me back.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Say rather will you take me?” said Chandos.
