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Chapter II
THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE. As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door. "Come in," he said. "I saw you coming. Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Come in," he said.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.”
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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 Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Come in," he said.
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From this reading "I saw you coming.
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From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
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From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
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From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
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From this reading "Come in," he said.
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
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From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
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From this reading THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Come to my den, and we will have a pipe together."
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From this reading As I approached the door of the little house in which the curate had so lately taken up his abode, he saw me from the window, and before I had had time to knock, he had opened the door.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I saw you coming.
