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"My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?" /All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv. Sc. 3. SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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not friendly or close
From this reading “SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"”
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading “"My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “/All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"”
but in spite of that
From this reading “"My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"”
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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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 SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading /All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv.
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From this reading /All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv.
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
not friendly or close
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading /All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading /All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv.
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading Sc.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading /All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
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From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading /All's Well that Ends Well/, Act iv.
in or at the place that
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
which person or people
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
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From this reading SOME four miles distant from one of our northern manufacturing towns, in the year 18--, was a wide and desolate common; a more dreary spot it is impossible to conceive--the herbage grew up in sickly patches from the midst of a black and stony soil.
but in spite of that
From this reading "My meaning in't, I protest, was very honest in the behalf of the maid * * * * yet, who would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?"
