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Chapter XXIII
And do you ask what game she plays? With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun. --DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried. Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.”
something that needs very little effort
From this reading “Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.”
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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 With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
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From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
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From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
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From this reading --DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
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From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
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From this reading Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried.
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From this reading --DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI.
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From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried.
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried.
not any; not one
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
above and across; more than
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
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From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
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From this reading --DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
something that needs very little effort
From this reading Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Matters had not turned out exactly as she had anticipated; it is a way peculiar to matters over which we have no control.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
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From this reading With me 'tis lost or won; With thee it is playing still; with him It is not well begun; But 'tis a game she plays with all Beneath the sway o' the sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mistress Julia Peyton felt a trifle worried.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And do you ask what game she plays?
