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Chapter II
"We don't understand you? Who can understand you, I wonder? Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself. Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here. Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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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 Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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From this reading "We don't understand you?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Who can understand you, I wonder?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
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From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
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From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
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From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
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From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
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From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
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From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
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From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
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From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We don't understand you?
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From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We don't understand you?
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From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Are you not in a warm room and in society from which you may learn something?
which person or people
From this reading Who can understand you, I wonder?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
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From this reading Who can understand you, I wonder?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We don't understand you?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don't imagine such nonsense, child, and thank your good fortune that you have been so well received here.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Do you consider yourself more clever than the cat or the old woman?--I will say nothing of myself.
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