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Chapter VIII
DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople. Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits. Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him. It was almost the end of February. Duroy was free from care.
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “Duroy was free from care.”
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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 DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading It was almost the end of February.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading Duroy was free from care.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading It was almost the end of February.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading It was almost the end of February.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Duroy was free from care.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Duroy was free from care.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was almost the end of February.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was almost the end of February.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
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From this reading Duroy, to counterbalance them, dined at her house every Thursday, and delighted her husband by talking agriculture to him.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DEATH AND A PROPOSAL Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue de Constantinople.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was almost the end of February.
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From this reading Two or three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits.
