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Chapter LI
BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE. At times Gwynplaine reproached himself. He made his happiness a case of conscience. He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her. What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
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the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading “He made his happiness a case of conscience.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “At times Gwynplaine reproached himself.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?”
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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 made his happiness a case of conscience.
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From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At times Gwynplaine reproached himself.
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From this reading BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE.
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From this reading He made his happiness a case of conscience.
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From this reading BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE.
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading He made his happiness a case of conscience.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
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From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
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From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
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From this reading BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE.
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From this reading At times Gwynplaine reproached himself.
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From this reading He made his happiness a case of conscience.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made his happiness a case of conscience.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading At times Gwynplaine reproached himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He made his happiness a case of conscience.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE.
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From this reading BLINDNESS GIVES LESSONS IN CLAIRVOYANCE.
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From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
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From this reading He made his happiness a case of conscience.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
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From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He made his happiness a case of conscience.
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From this reading At times Gwynplaine reproached himself.
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From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
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From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
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From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
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From this reading At times Gwynplaine reproached himself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
which person or people
From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
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From this reading He fancied that to allow a woman who could not see him to love him was to deceive her.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would she have said could she have suddenly obtained her sight?
