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Chapter XV
“Don’t forget me! don’t forget me!” The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done. What good could money do there? Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold. “Don’t forget me! don’t forget me!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “What good could money do there?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What good could money do there?”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.”
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading “Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.”
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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 Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
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From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
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From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
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From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading What good could money do there?
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From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What good could money do there?
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From this reading “Don’t forget me! don’t forget me!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t forget me! don’t forget me!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What good could money do there?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
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From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t forget me! don’t forget me!”
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From this reading What good could money do there?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
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From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What good could money do there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
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From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What good could money do there?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The sergeant would have passed on and gone his way, as Bouroche had done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then yielding to a kindly impulse, he threw some coins, never stopping to count them, into the poor hands that were already cold.
