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Chapter I
“Oh, sir! Can you be Peter?” A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!” Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March? I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!””
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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 A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
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From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
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From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Can you be Peter?”
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From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you be Peter?”
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From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
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From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
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From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
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From this reading “Oh, sir!
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From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can you be Peter?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, sir!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
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From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Mr Holbrook ... bade us good-bye Now, what colour are ash-buds in March?
in the company of; together with
From this reading A magnificent family red silk umbrella Meekly going to her pasture Endeavouring to beguile her into conversation She brought the affrighted carter ... into the drawing-room “With his arm round Miss Jessie’s waist!”
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From this reading I made use of the time to think of many other things “Confound the woman!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can you be Peter?”
