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Chapter V
Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula. “Everything’s too much for her.” “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else? Yes—far more. But so long as it isn’t too much for _me_—!”
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any thing at all
From this reading ““Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But so long as it isn’t too much for _me_—!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading ““Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?”
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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 “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
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From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
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From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
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From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
any thing at all
From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
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From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
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From this reading “Everything’s too much for her.”
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From this reading Yes—far more.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Everything’s too much for her.”
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From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
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From this reading But so long as it isn’t too much for _me_—!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But so long as it isn’t too much for _me_—!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But so long as it isn’t too much for _me_—!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But so long as it isn’t too much for _me_—!”
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From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
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From this reading “Everything’s too much for her.”
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From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
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From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
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From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But so long as it isn’t too much for _me_—!”
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From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Strether looked amused at her notion of the simple, but he adopted her formula.
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From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
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From this reading “Everything’s too much for her.”
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From this reading Yes—far more.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Ah then such a service as this of yours—” “Is more for her than anything else?
