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Chapter XI
REGAL PROJECTS. The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair. I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us. There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen. But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.”
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading “But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.”
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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 There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
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From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
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From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading REGAL PROJECTS.
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From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading REGAL PROJECTS.
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From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
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From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
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From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
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From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading There couldn't have been better fun for our boys, than to get up a revolution and set up a dethroned queen.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
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From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
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From this reading But they were not there, and I determined to act as their representative as well as I could.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, we all went around to see the queen, and on the way we tried to arrange our affair.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was only sorry that my old school-fellows were not there, to go into the thing with us.
