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But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents! Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives. Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less. The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount. It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.”
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading “It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.”
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.”
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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 But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
above and across; more than
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
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From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
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From this reading Some houses contain only silver soup-ladles, others a superabundance of butter-knives.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some babies, again, have silver cups enough so furnish all their descendants, be they more or less.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
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From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But, not to digress, what a "mess" people generally make of holiday presents!
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading It is a type of a pretty mouth from whence issues only folly.
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From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The most harrowing present I know of is a "picture annual," all over gilt, with wide margins inside, and with common-sense at a discount.
