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Chapter XXXIV
‘I don’t think so, love.’ ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed. ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’ ‘O yes--to please you I will admit that,’ he said quickly. ‘Yes, I admit the possibility of her being alive, to please you.’
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I don’t think so, love.’”
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From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I don’t think so, love.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I don’t think so, love.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I don’t think so, love.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘O yes--to please you I will admit that,’ he said quickly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘O yes--to please you I will admit that,’ he said quickly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘O yes--to please you I will admit that,’ he said quickly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘I don’t think so, love.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘O yes--to please you I will admit that,’ he said quickly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I don’t think so, love.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Now to please me, admit the bare possibility of her being alive--just the possibility.’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘O yes--to please you I will admit that,’ he said quickly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘O yes--to please you I will admit that,’ he said quickly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘She was burnt, I tell you!’ he exclaimed.
