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Chapter XXIII
NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes. “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.” “Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.” “I hoped you knew it not. Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.”
an old form of “did”, used with “thou”
From this reading ““Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading ““Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.””
up to a particular time
From this reading “NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
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From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
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From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
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From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
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From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
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From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
an old form of “did”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
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From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
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From this reading “I hoped you knew it not.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I hoped you knew it not.
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From this reading “I hoped you knew it not.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
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From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
not any; not one
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I hoped you knew it not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
up to a particular time
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thou didst wake too long, I fear me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, my wound throbbed sore, and the wonders of the day whirled round my brain like the wild huntsman’s chase.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Mother” (ever his first word), “you have let me sleep too long.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NO one could bear to waken the young Baron till the sun had risen high enough to fall on his face and unclose his eyes.
