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Chapter II
Miss West is very pretty. All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not. I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact. It was humiliating business; and utterly and odiously idiotic. Miss West is pretty; she is more than this, she is wonderfully pretty.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.”
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From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading It was humiliating business; and utterly and odiously idiotic.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading It was humiliating business; and utterly and odiously idiotic.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading It was humiliating business; and utterly and odiously idiotic.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss West is very pretty.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was humiliating business; and utterly and odiously idiotic.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
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From this reading Miss West is very pretty.
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From this reading Miss West is pretty; she is more than this, she is wonderfully pretty.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading It was humiliating business; and utterly and odiously idiotic.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss West is very pretty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Miss West is pretty; she is more than this, she is wonderfully pretty.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Miss West is pretty; she is more than this, she is wonderfully pretty.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading It was humiliating business; and utterly and odiously idiotic.
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From this reading Miss West is very pretty.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading All the time I watched in church I tried to persuade myself that she was not.
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From this reading Miss West is very pretty.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss West is pretty; she is more than this, she is wonderfully pretty.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I meanly and contemptibly sat there finding fault with her face, saying to myself that her nose was too long, her eyes too small, her mouth too big; inventing flaws as if my invention would change the fact.
