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Chapter V
“Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?” “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good. But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.” “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully. That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.”
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From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
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From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
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From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
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From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
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From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
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From this reading “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.
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From this reading “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
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From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
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From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, but he feels it dreadfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
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From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
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From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
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From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But he sees nothing that he doesn’t wish to see.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
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From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That poem which he addressed to you--how could you have the heart to read it aloud?
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From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I wish I could be, Principessina; it would do him good.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
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From this reading “Dear Zeto, why are you so unkind to poor Apolis?”
