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WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR. COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION. God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this! What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply. --Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “--Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!”
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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 God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
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From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
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From this reading --Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
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From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading --Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
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From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
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From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
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From this reading --Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour.
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From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
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From this reading --Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
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From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
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From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
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From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
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From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
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From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
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From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
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From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
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From this reading WALTER VISITS ANOTHER OF HIS UNCLE'S FRIENDS.--MR.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading COURTLAND'S STRANGE COMPLAINT.--WALTER LEARNS NEWS OF HIS FATHER, WHICH SURPRISES HIM.--THE CHANGE IN HIS DESTINATION.
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From this reading What you have possessed me withall, I'll discharge it amply.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading God's my life, did you ever hear the like, what a strange man is this!
