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Chapter XXII
In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time. Time was nothing to him. He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play. You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby. For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Time was nothing to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.”
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From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
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From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
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From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
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From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
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From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
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From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
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From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
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From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
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From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
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From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
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From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
not any; not one
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
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From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
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From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
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From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
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From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
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From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
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From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
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From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
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From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
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From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
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From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
