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Chapter XXI
This was a proposition Strether couldn’t contradict. “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt? It’s what there was most to say about you.” “Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?” “It’s what I’m waiting to see.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “It’s what there was most to say about you.””
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““It’s what I’m waiting to see.”
but in spite of that
From this reading ““And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?”
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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 This was a proposition Strether couldn’t contradict.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It’s what there was most to say about you.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?”
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From this reading This was a proposition Strether couldn’t contradict.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
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From this reading This was a proposition Strether couldn’t contradict.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?”
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From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
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From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
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the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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From this reading “Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?”
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From this reading It’s what there was most to say about you.”
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From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
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From this reading This was a proposition Strether couldn’t contradict.
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From this reading It’s what there was most to say about you.”
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From this reading “It’s what I’m waiting to see.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?”
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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From this reading It’s what there was most to say about you.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was a proposition Strether couldn’t contradict.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
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the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was a proposition Strether couldn’t contradict.
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From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Do you mean then that she _will_ be good to me?”
but in spite of that
From this reading “And yet what other way could I have expressed to her what I felt?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It’s what there was most to say about you.”
