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"For facts are stubborn things."--SMOLLETT. "Silberbach! What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for? The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany? What can have put Silberbach in your head?"
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all things; all of a situation
From this reading “What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What can have put Silberbach in your head?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"For facts are stubborn things."--SMOLLETT.”
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From this reading The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "For facts are stubborn things."--SMOLLETT.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What can have put Silberbach in your head?"
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From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
all things; all of a situation
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
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From this reading "For facts are stubborn things."--SMOLLETT.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For facts are stubborn things."--SMOLLETT.
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From this reading The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?
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From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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From this reading The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?
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From this reading The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
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used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
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From this reading "Silberbach!
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From this reading "For facts are stubborn things."--SMOLLETT.
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
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From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
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From this reading "For facts are stubborn things."--SMOLLETT.
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From this reading The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?
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From this reading The most uninteresting, out-of-the-way, altogether unattractive little hole in all Germany?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What in the name of everything that is eccentric should you go there for?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What can have put Silberbach in your head?"
