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Chapter XIV
|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day? I've give notice.' 'Given notice, Minna! What for, on earth? Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”
in the direction of
From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading What for, on earth?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What for, on earth?
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From this reading I've give notice.'
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From this reading 'Given notice, Minna!
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading I've give notice.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What for, on earth?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
in the direction of
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
