Chapter III

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "No, Matthew, and I've no intention of doing so.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I regard them both as highly impertinent."

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From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

the two together, not just one

From this reading I regard them both as highly impertinent."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading "No, Matthew, and I've no intention of doing so.

one or the other of two

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

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From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

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From this reading I regard them both as highly impertinent."

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I regard them both as highly impertinent."

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From this reading "No, Matthew, and I've no intention of doing so.

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From this reading I regard them both as highly impertinent."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

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From this reading "No, Matthew, and I've no intention of doing so.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

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From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "No, Matthew, and I've no intention of doing so.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

not any; not one

From this reading "No, Matthew, and I've no intention of doing so.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I regard them both as highly impertinent."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

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From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "No, Matthew, and I've no intention of doing so.

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading I regard them both as highly impertinent."

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

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From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading It was the close of a golden September day; the misty shadows were falling across the well-wooded park and meadow-lands which surrounded the old baronial pile known as The Towers.

but in spite of that

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading UNCLE MATTHEW'S GENEROSITY "HAVE you answered either of those letters yet, father?"

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From this reading The younger man sighed, but the baronet, Sir Matthew Rose, looked as cold and impregnable as a rock.