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But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it. That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am. No—with you people it’s a sense. We haven’t got it—not as you have. Therefore—!”
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We haven’t got it—not as you have.”
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading “But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.”
for that reason; as a result
From this reading “Therefore—!””
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.”
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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 No—with you people it’s a sense.
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From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We haven’t got it—not as you have.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
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From this reading We haven’t got it—not as you have.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We haven’t got it—not as you have.
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From this reading We haven’t got it—not as you have.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading No—with you people it’s a sense.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
not any; not one
From this reading No—with you people it’s a sense.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We haven’t got it—not as you have.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading No—with you people it’s a sense.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading No—with you people it’s a sense.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
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From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore—!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
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From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We haven’t got it—not as you have.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
at the time that
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
in the company of; together with
From this reading No—with you people it’s a sense.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
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From this reading But he could perfectly say: “Of my real, honest fear of being ‘off’ some day, of being wrong, WITHOUT knowing it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That’s what I shall always trust you for—to tell me when I am.
