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Chapter VI
THE PROPHECY. "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar. "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning. I call it unchristian." Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “"No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.”
A prediction of what will happen in the future, often divinely or magically inspired.
From this reading “THE PROPHECY.”
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading “"No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.”
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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 very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
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From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
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From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
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From this reading I call it unchristian."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
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From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I call it unchristian."
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From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I call it unchristian."
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From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
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From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
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From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
not any; not one
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
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From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
A prediction of what will happen in the future, often divinely or magically inspired.
From this reading THE PROPHECY.
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From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
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From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
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From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
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From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Good old Mr. Barnes had been roused from his early slumbers by the announcement that the young man had come to be married.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PROPHECY.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
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From this reading I call it unchristian."
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From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
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From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
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From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "No man in his senses would want to be married before ten in the morning.
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From this reading "A very impatient young man," said the good old vicar.
