Chapter XVI

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Not Oxford was menaced.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not Oxford was menaced.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading What then?

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What then?

at the time that

From this reading And on that moonlit night when I floated among the vapours of these meadows, myself less than a vapour, I knew and loved Oxford as never before, as never since.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Come what might, not a stone of Oxford’s walls would be loosened, nor a wreath of her vapours be undone, nor lost a breath of her sacred spirit.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.

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From this reading Yonder, in the Colleges, was the fume and fret of tragedy--Love as Death’s decoy, and Youth following her.