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Chapter XII
‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high. Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas! I scarce know why.’ ‘Is this Susan?’ Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
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used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading “Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!”
not friendly or close
From this reading “‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I scarce know why.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!”
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading “I scarce know why.’”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.”
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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 Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
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From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
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From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
not friendly or close
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
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From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
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From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
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From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
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From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
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From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I scarce know why.’
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
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From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I scarce know why.’
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From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
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From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading I scarce know why.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Crosby, standing at the little gate leading into the Rectory garden, feels a spasm of doubt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
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From this reading ‘Is this Susan?’
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From this reading Perchance she’s fair and kind and bright, Perchance she’s stormy, tearful quite— Alas!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘My love is like the sky— As distant and as high.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘Is this Susan?’
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From this reading I scarce know why.’
