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Chapter XXXII
Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting? Speak, I charge you. Macbeth. Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh. He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.”
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading “Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?”
suggesting what will happen in the future
From this reading “Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Speak, I charge you.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?”
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.”
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Speak, I charge you.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Speak, I charge you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Macbeth.
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
suggesting what will happen in the future
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Speak, I charge you.
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
at the time that
From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
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From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
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From this reading Upon the evening of the day when Bertram's examination had taken place, Colonel Mannering arrived at Woodbourne from Edinburgh.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He found his family in their usual state, which probably, so far as Julia was concerned, would not have been the case had she learned the news of Bertram's arrest.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting?
