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Chapter XXI
I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you. Do you see yon bay window? Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton. JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed. Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.”
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading “Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.”
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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 JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
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From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
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From this reading Do you see yon bay window?
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From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
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From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
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From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
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From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
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From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you see yon bay window?
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From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
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From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
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From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
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From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
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From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
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From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
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From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
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From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
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From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you see yon bay window?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Storm, I care not, serving the good Duke of Norfolk Merry Devil of Edmonton.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading JULIA MANNERING to MATILDA MARCHMONT 'I rise from a sick-bed, my dearest Matilda, to communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed.
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From this reading Do you see yon bay window?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Alas! how little we ought to jest with futurity!
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From this reading Do you see yon bay window?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I renounce your defiance; if you parley so roughly I'll barricade my gates against you.
