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Chapter VII
The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him. He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health. He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men. No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom. He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
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any thing at all
From this reading “No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.”
for the reason that
From this reading “He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.”
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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 He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
any thing at all
From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
for the reason that
From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
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From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
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From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
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From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
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From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
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From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
not any; not one
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
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From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
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From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading He had no intention of breaking, as some of his friends and contemporaries had broken, from sheer inattention to the laws of health.
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From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He attained a degree of buoyancy as he dressed by thinking of his immunity from the cares that beset most men.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had not dreaded age because he never thought of himself as old.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The mental exercise necessary to reach this conclusion steadied him.
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From this reading No other man in town enjoyed anything like his freedom.
