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THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME. “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank. What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot? ‘Sdeath! I’ll make you a present of it.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ll make you a present of it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.”
wealth or financial means
From this reading “THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.”
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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 THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
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From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
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From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
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From this reading I’ll make you a present of it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I’ll make you a present of it.
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From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’ll make you a present of it.
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading I’ll make you a present of it.
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
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From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
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From this reading ‘Sdeath!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
wealth or financial means
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HERO ACQUITS HIMSELF HONOURABLY AS A COXCOMB.--A FINE LADY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, AND A FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE; THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHIONABLE DIALOGUE BEING IN ALL CENTURIES THE SAME.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
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From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What say you to flying along the road in my green and gold chariot?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I AM thinking, Morton,” said my uncle, “that if you are to go to town, you should go in a style suitable to your rank.
