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Chapter VIII
“Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?” “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’ That seemed to me perfectly to describe him. But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over. And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?””
for the reason that
From this reading “And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’”
above and across; more than
From this reading “But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That seemed to me perfectly to describe him.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?””
but in spite of that
From this reading “But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.”
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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 “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
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From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
for the reason that
From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
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From this reading That seemed to me perfectly to describe him.
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That seemed to me perfectly to describe him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
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From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That seemed to me perfectly to describe him.
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From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
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From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
above and across; more than
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading That seemed to me perfectly to describe him.
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
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From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That seemed to me perfectly to describe him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “His account of himself is that he’s ‘only a little artist-man.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading And he’s a great friend of Chad’s, and occupying Chad’s rooms just now because they’re so pleasant.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That seemed to me perfectly to describe him.
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Well,” Waymarsh asked with due detachment from these details, “what’s he doing up there?”
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From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
but in spite of that
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But he’s yet in the phase of study; this, you know, is the great art-school—to pass a certain number of years in which he came over.
