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Chapter II
"If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now." Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid. "Cherry Orchard? That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?" "Yes, sir.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.”
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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 "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
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From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
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From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
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From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
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From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
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From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
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From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
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From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
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From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
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From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
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From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
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From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
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From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
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From this reading That's the big house on the Littlefield Road, isn't it?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Anstice put down the paper he had been idly studying and looked at the maid.
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From this reading "Yes, sir.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you please, sir, a telephone message has come for you from Cherry Orchard just now."
