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Chapter XIV
“Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected. Than what? Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed. He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence. Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.”
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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 was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
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From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed.
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From this reading Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed.
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From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
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From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading Consider the quality Benham had already betrayed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Than what?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
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From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was manifestly incapable of a decent modest mediocre existence.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Than what?
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Better die with the Excelsior chap up the mountains,” the defence interjected.
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From this reading Already he had ceased to be--if one may use so fine a word for genteel abstinence--virtuous.
