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Chapter VI
"YOU DIDN'T SAY IT? "What, then, did you say? Something very like it, I know. Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband! And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.”
every person
From this reading “And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Something very like it, I know.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something very like it, I know.”
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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 Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "What, then, did you say?
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From this reading "YOU DIDN'T SAY IT?
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
every person
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Something very like it, I know.
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "YOU DIDN'T SAY IT?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something very like it, I know.
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From this reading Something very like it, I know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
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From this reading "YOU DIDN'T SAY IT?
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something very like it, I know.
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From this reading Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
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From this reading Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading "What, then, did you say?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading Something very like it, I know.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What, then, did you say?
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From this reading And everybody could see that you didn't care a pin for me; and that's why you had 'em here: that's why you invited 'em, to insult me to their faces.
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From this reading Yes, a pretty speech of thanks for a husband!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "YOU DIDN'T SAY IT?
