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Chapter XVI
THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night. At times one would speak, but they held no discussion. Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much. Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling. In his heart was something new.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “In his heart was something new.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.”
in the direction of
From this reading “Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
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From this reading Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.
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From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
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From this reading Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
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From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
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From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
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From this reading Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.
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From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
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From this reading In his heart was something new.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
not any; not one
From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
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From this reading Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
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From this reading Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In his heart was something new.
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From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
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From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
in the direction of
From this reading Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
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From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sim Gage lay with his eyes opened toward the rude ceiling.
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From this reading THE REBIRTH OF SIM GAGE Neither Sim Gage nor his neighbor slept to any worth that night.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At times one would speak, but they held no discussion.
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From this reading Wid Gardner, in an iron wrath, was thinking much.
