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Chapter III
The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all. Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home. But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared. “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.” “You’d like her to be?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.””
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ““Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading ““Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.””
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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 “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
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From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
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From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
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From this reading But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
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From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
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From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You’d like her to be?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
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From this reading But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
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From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
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From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
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From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
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From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You’d like her to be?”
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From this reading But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
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From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
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From this reading “You’d like her to be?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
not any; not one
From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
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From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bates on reaching his aunt’s apartment found no one at home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Scrawled Message But, as it turned out, Dorcas hadn’t “done it” at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But very soon Sir Herbert Binney appeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’d like her to be?”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Look here, Richard,” he began, “I’ve taken a fancy to that little girl of yours——” “She isn’t mine.”
