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Chapter III
“What is the change you observe in me then?” “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s. There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face. Your voice is gentle, like unto a woman’s. It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.”
an old word for “to”
From this reading “Your voice is gentle, like unto a woman’s.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.”
a lack of physical strength
From this reading “It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!””
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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 There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
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From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
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From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
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From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
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From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
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From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
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From this reading Your voice is gentle, like unto a woman’s.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
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From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
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From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
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From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
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From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
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From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
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From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
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From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
an old word for “to”
From this reading Your voice is gentle, like unto a woman’s.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There is a melting, tender look unfit for man upon your face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your voice is gentle, like unto a woman’s.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
a lack of physical strength
From this reading It is as if—as if—the enamored weakness of a love possessed you!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
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From this reading Your voice is gentle, like unto a woman’s.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What is the change you observe in me then?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your eyes are weak and soft like the dove’s.
