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Chapter XI
AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night. Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be. Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch." "Thank you, Len. Whom are you going to have?
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later than; following
From this reading “AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Whom are you going to have?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch."”
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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 AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
later than; following
From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Whom are you going to have?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
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From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
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From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
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From this reading Whom are you going to have?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Whom are you going to have?
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From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
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From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
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From this reading "Thank you, Len.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
above and across; more than
From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch."
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From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be.
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From this reading Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch."
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From this reading "Thank you, Len.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
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From this reading Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch."
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whom are you going to have?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AFTER DINNER "Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night.
