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Chapter V
MANDEVILLE. Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath. It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them. HERBERT. But there is more in Mandeville's idea.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.”
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading “Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there is more in Mandeville's idea.
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From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading HERBERT.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading But there is more in Mandeville's idea.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there is more in Mandeville's idea.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading MANDEVILLE.
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From this reading But there is more in Mandeville's idea.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading But there is more in Mandeville's idea.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
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From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
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From this reading But there is more in Mandeville's idea.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It takes them to give the most effective "little digs;" they know how to stick in the pine-splinters and set fire to them.
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading Oh, these studiously calm and cultured people may have malice underneath.
