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Chapter XX
Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out. “Not without a very high ideal of conduct. But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad. And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain? Wouldn’t it seem rather to add to it?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading ““Not without a very high ideal of conduct.”
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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 “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
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From this reading Wouldn’t it seem rather to add to it?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
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From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
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From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
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From this reading “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
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From this reading “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
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From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
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From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading Wouldn’t it seem rather to add to it?”
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From this reading Wouldn’t it seem rather to add to it?”
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From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
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From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
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From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And how, for that matter,” he mused, “does his going to America diminish the particular strain?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
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From this reading “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But that’s just what we’re attributing to Chad.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Not without a very high ideal of conduct.
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From this reading Strether’s answer was as prompt as if he had already, for himself, worked it out.
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From this reading Wouldn’t it seem rather to add to it?”
