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Chapter VI
HOTCHKISS. Well, since you ask me, I do. Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse. THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events. EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Well, since you ask me, I do.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, since you ask me, I do.”
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading Well, since you ask me, I do.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Well, since you ask me, I do.
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From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading HOTCHKISS.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, since you ask me, I do.
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From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
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From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, since you ask me, I do.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Well, since you ask me, I do.
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From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
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From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
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From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
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From this reading EDITH [complacently coming to the fireplace] You can depend on me for that, Uncle Boxer.
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From this reading Surely it's the very first qualification for tolerable social intercourse.
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From this reading Well, since you ask me, I do.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE GENERAL [markedly] I hope you will always tell ME the truth, my darling, at all events.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, since you ask me, I do.
