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Chapter XI
IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy. I went even so far as to engage him in conversation. Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain. Of course he knew; otherwise he wouldn’t return my stare so queerly. His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.”
for that reason; as a result
From this reading “IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.”
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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 IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
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From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
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From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
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From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
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From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
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From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading Of course he knew; otherwise he wouldn’t return my stare so queerly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
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From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
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From this reading Of course he knew; otherwise he wouldn’t return my stare so queerly.
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From this reading Of course he knew; otherwise he wouldn’t return my stare so queerly.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Didn’t he know, hadn’t he come into it as a matter of course?—that question hummed in my brain.
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From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading Of course he knew; otherwise he wouldn’t return my stare so queerly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
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From this reading Of course he knew; otherwise he wouldn’t return my stare so queerly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
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From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IT was therefore from her husband I could never remove my eyes: I beset him in a manner that might have made him uneasy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went even so far as to engage him in conversation.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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From this reading His wife had told him what I wanted and he was amiably amused at my impotence.
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From this reading Of course he knew; otherwise he wouldn’t return my stare so queerly.
