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Chapter XI
MARRIAGE AND WIDOWHOOD. “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.” “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke. “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already? Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?”
for the reason that
From this reading “Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!””
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!””
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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 Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
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From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
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From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MARRIAGE AND WIDOWHOOD.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
for the reason that
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
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From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
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From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
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From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
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From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
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From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
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From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
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From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
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From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
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From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
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From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
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From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARRIAGE AND WIDOWHOOD.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
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From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Soon indeed!” exclaimed Alicia, fanning herself as she spoke.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
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From this reading MARRIAGE AND WIDOWHOOD.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I HEARD the ‘Click, click’ of the hot-weather bird to-day,” observed Robin; “the warm season will burst on us soon.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Are you not all driven into this little room because the morning sun makes the veranda like a furnace?—O Harold, surely the heat without and the fires within have made our bungalow habitable now!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You need not speak of the future; have we not grilling days already?
