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Chapter XI
"I fail to follow you." "Do you? Your quickness of perception has been overrated." "Why has it?" Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Your quickness of perception has been overrated."”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Your quickness of perception has been overrated."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.”
during the time that
From this reading “Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Your quickness of perception has been overrated."
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you?
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From this reading "I fail to follow you."
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading "I fail to follow you."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Your quickness of perception has been overrated."
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I fail to follow you."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Why has it?"
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
not any; not one
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your quickness of perception has been overrated."
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From this reading Your quickness of perception has been overrated."
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From this reading Your quickness of perception has been overrated."
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From this reading Your quickness of perception has been overrated."
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I fail to follow you."
during the time that
From this reading Averting his head, Arkady returned no reply, while Katia fell to searching for the last crumbs in her basket, and throwing them to the sparrows.
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From this reading "Why has it?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I fail to follow you."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your quickness of perception has been overrated."
