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Chapter IX
"Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly. "Precisely!" replied Santoris. "It is most unquestionably and emphatically the reason why I have never married." There was a pause. I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Precisely!" replied Santoris.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.”
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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 There was a pause.
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It is most unquestionably and emphatically the reason why I have never married."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
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From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It is most unquestionably and emphatically the reason why I have never married."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
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From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It is most unquestionably and emphatically the reason why I have never married."
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is most unquestionably and emphatically the reason why I have never married."
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It is most unquestionably and emphatically the reason why I have never married."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
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From this reading There was a pause.
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From this reading "Precisely!" replied Santoris.
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Precisely!" replied Santoris.
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From this reading "Precisely!" replied Santoris.
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From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
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From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
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From this reading There was a pause.
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From this reading "It is most unquestionably and emphatically the reason why I have never married."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a pause.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
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From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Is your curious conception or ideal of love the reason, why you have never married?" asked Brayle, abruptly.
