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Chapter V
VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me. She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza. “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly. “Why didn’t you? You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.””
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
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From this reading “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly.
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From this reading “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly.
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From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
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From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
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From this reading “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
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From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
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From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
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From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
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From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
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From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
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From this reading “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly.
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From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
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From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
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From this reading “No, I didn’t,” I said boldly, if somewhat breathlessly.
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From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
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From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
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From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
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From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
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From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
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From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
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From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You ought to have gone to the States if they were full at the Grand Union.”
in or at the place that
From this reading She did not quite call it across the street to me as I came up from where she sat on the piazza.
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From this reading “Why didn’t you?
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From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading VIII “WELL, did you get the rooms?” asked my wife as soon as she saw me.
