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Chapter XII
The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter. The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end. By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men. There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida. Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.”
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading “The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.”
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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 There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
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From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
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From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
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From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
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From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
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From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
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From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
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From this reading Denis Nolan had let his little place at Pinehurst.
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From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The short six weeks of the season were already close to an end.
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From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
which person or people
From this reading There were a few, of course, who saw the inevitable catastrophe: the Mackenzies had laid up their house-boat on the west coast of Florida.
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From this reading The gay and fashionable crowd of which Audrey had been the center played madly that winter.
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From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading By mid-January the south and California would have claimed most of the women and some of the men.
