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Chapter XXIV
ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him. Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world. His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement. He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession. And there was Zelda!
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.”
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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 would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
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From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
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From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
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From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
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From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
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From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading And there was Zelda!
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From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His thoughts leaped agilely from peak to peak of possibility and achievement.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And there was Zelda!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
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From this reading ONLY ABOUT DREAMS The wide windows of the heavy interurban car were open and the air of the summer night beat in gratefully upon him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
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From this reading Morris felt increasingly at peace with himself and all the world.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would be a lawyer; he would continue, as he had begun, a serious student of his profession.
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From this reading And there was Zelda!
