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Chapter V
“What would she reply? Nothing.” “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night? I am always thinking of asking somebody.” “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ““As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading ““As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “I am always thinking of asking somebody.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I am always thinking of asking somebody.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““What would she reply?”
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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 “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
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From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
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From this reading I am always thinking of asking somebody.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
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From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I am always thinking of asking somebody.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
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From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I am always thinking of asking somebody.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What would she reply?
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From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What would she reply?
a person, without saying who
From this reading I am always thinking of asking somebody.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am always thinking of asking somebody.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What would she reply?
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From this reading “Why, it is charging the accumulator of the lift,” replied Mlle. Cadet.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “What would she reply?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “As you are already familiar with everything going on here,” said Cæsar, “I am going to ask you a question: what is the noise in the court every night?
