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Chapter XI
"Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!" "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did. He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong. He thinks all war is wrong now." "Is he--has he become a follower of Tolstoy?"
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “"And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.”
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading “"And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong.”
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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 "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
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From this reading He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "Is he--has he become a follower of Tolstoy?"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "Is he--has he become a follower of Tolstoy?"
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
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From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
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From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He thinks all war is wrong now."
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From this reading He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
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From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
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From this reading He thinks all war is wrong now."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Is he--has he become a follower of Tolstoy?"
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From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong.
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From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading He thinks all war is wrong now."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading "Is he--has he become a follower of Tolstoy?"
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From this reading He thinks all war is wrong now."
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From this reading He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong.
at the time that
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
in or at the place that
From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
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From this reading "And he comes to a place where there has been a dreadful slaughter, it seems as if he felt worse about it than I did.
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From this reading He isn't sure that it wasn't all wrong.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Sometimes when I'm helping him with it--" "Ah, I knew you must help him!"
