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Chapter IX
In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long. He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life. He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers. He met the Infant Phenomenon. With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.”
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading “With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.”
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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 In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
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From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
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From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
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From this reading With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He met the Infant Phenomenon.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
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From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
not any; not one
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
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From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He met the Infant Phenomenon.
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From this reading With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
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From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a month’s time from this Paul’s soul sat chuckling all day long.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
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From this reading With his own hands he had helped to adjust the immortal real pump and tubs.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He lived with the quaintest set he had ever conceived, and there was no page of ‘Nickleby’ which was fuller of comedy than a day of his own life.
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From this reading He met Crummies, and actually heard him wonder how those things got into the papers.
