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Chapter XI
A strange dream? Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it. I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club. The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct. To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “A strange dream?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.”
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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 A strange dream?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
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From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading A strange dream?
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From this reading The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
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From this reading Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.
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From this reading The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.
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From this reading To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.
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From this reading The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.
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From this reading The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.
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From this reading To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
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From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
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From this reading The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
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From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
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From this reading Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.
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From this reading Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.
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From this reading To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To fight and to love are the primary instincts of primitive man.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The instinct to fight, like the instinct to love, is a quite natural instinct.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
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From this reading A strange dream?
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From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
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From this reading I had been taken over-night--my first visit--to the National Sporting Club.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet a precisely parallel reality had inspired it.
