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Chapter XXV
THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved. No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord. "What a perfectly lovely old man! Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple! There is something in being a king, after all."
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later than; following
From this reading “There is something in being a king, after all."”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “There is something in being a king, after all."”
went away to a private place
From this reading “No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There is something in being a king, after all."”
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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 "What a perfectly lovely old man!
later than; following
From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
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From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
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From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
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From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
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From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading "What a perfectly lovely old man!
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From this reading "What a perfectly lovely old man!
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
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From this reading "What a perfectly lovely old man!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading "What a perfectly lovely old man!
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
went away to a private place
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading There is something in being a king, after all."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading No sooner had our guests retired to their repose than Mrs. Arbuthnot turned enthusiastically to her lord.
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From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
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From this reading Such charm, such distinction; so kind, so unaffected, and oh, so simple!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a perfectly lovely old man!
at the time that
From this reading THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE It was past two o'clock when the _partie_ was dissolved.
