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Chapter XI
'Dead?' 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid? We shall all be old maids. What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis? I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Dead?'”
one or the other of two
From this reading “What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?”
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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's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
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From this reading We shall all be old maids.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
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From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
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From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Dead?'
one or the other of two
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
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From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
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From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
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From this reading We shall all be old maids.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
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From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
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From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
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From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
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From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
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From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have been out two seasons now, and nothing has come of all the trying.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the use of being pretty, either, when Violet, though she be but a bag of bones, has got the Marquis?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall all be old maids.
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From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
at the time that
From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
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From this reading 'Yes, dead; what's the use of living when I know that I shall be an old maid?
