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Chapter XXXVI
WIRTHIN. Sei ruhig, you hussy! S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right. I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.) W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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two people or things considered together
From this reading “S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.”
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading “S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.”
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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 S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
two people or things considered together
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
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From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
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From this reading Sei ruhig, you hussy!
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From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading Sei ruhig, you hussy!
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading Sei ruhig, you hussy!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading I'm satisfied, and everybody's forgiven--(With mock threats at Gretchen.)
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
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From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
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From this reading W. Oh, wir werden fur Dich sorgen--dur herrliches Gretchen!
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From this reading WIRTHIN.
in the company of; together with
From this reading S. Well, I've lost a couple of precious daughters, but I've gained a couple of precious scamps to fill up the gap with; so it's all right.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sei ruhig, you hussy!
