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Chapter VI
‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’ ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’ ‘I have no mother, madam.’ ‘Your father, then?’ ‘I have no father.’
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘I have no mother, madam.’”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’”
a lack of physical strength
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’”
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From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
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From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
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From this reading ‘Your father, then?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘I have no mother, madam.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
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From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I have no mother, madam.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
not any; not one
From this reading ‘I have no mother, madam.’
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Your father, then?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
a lack of physical strength
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘But your mother knew what was right, I suppose?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I am very sorry: I put “inexperienced” at first, but my brother said it is absurd to trumpet your own weakness to the world, and would not let it remain.’
