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Chapter L
URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN. Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick. I will marry them.” Ursus taught Gwynplaine the theory of love. He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.”
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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 Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
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From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN.
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From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN.
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From this reading Ursus taught Gwynplaine the theory of love.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading Ursus taught Gwynplaine the theory of love.
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From this reading I will marry them.”
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From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
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From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
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From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
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From this reading Ursus taught Gwynplaine the theory of love.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ursus taught Gwynplaine the theory of love.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
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From this reading Ursus taught Gwynplaine the theory of love.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
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From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
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From this reading URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN.
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From this reading URSUS AS TUTOR, AND URSUS AS GUARDIAN.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Ursus added,-- “Some of these days I will play them a nasty trick.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He said to him,-- “Do you know how the Almighty lights the fire called love?
