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Chapter V
"Don't tell me about putting the washing out. I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week. What do you say? "A TRUMPERY SHILLING? "Ha!
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “"Don't tell me about putting the washing out.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Don't tell me about putting the washing out.”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.”
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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 say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
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From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you say?
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From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ha!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
except for; apart from
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A TRUMPERY SHILLING?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't tell me about putting the washing out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you say?
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I say it isn't so cheap--I don't care whether you wash by the dozen or not--it isn't so cheap; I've reduced everything, and I save at least a shilling a week.
