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Chapter V
FROM KENELM CHILLINGLY TO SIR PETER CHILLINGLY. MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters. I know not if itself can be called a letter. I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands. Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “I know not if itself can be called a letter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know not if itself can be called a letter.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.”
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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 I know not if itself can be called a letter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
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From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
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From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
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From this reading FROM KENELM CHILLINGLY TO SIR PETER CHILLINGLY.
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From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
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From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
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From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
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From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM KENELM CHILLINGLY TO SIR PETER CHILLINGLY.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
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From this reading FROM KENELM CHILLINGLY TO SIR PETER CHILLINGLY.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
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From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
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From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
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From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
not any; not one
From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I know not if itself can be called a letter.
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From this reading FROM KENELM CHILLINGLY TO SIR PETER CHILLINGLY.
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From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
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From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM KENELM CHILLINGLY TO SIR PETER CHILLINGLY.
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From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
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From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
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From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
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From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM KENELM CHILLINGLY TO SIR PETER CHILLINGLY.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
but in spite of that
From this reading I cannot yet decide whether it be meant to reach your hands.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tired with talking to myself, I sit down to talk to you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY FATHER, MY DEAR FATHER,--This is no reply to your letters.
