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Chapter XXVIII
A FRESH START. 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?' 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula. 'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.' 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
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later than; following
From this reading “'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.'”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A FRESH START.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.”
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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 A FRESH START.
later than; following
From this reading 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.
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From this reading 'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading 'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.'
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From this reading 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
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From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
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From this reading 'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
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From this reading A FRESH START.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
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From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
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From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.'
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From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
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From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
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From this reading 'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.'
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From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A FRESH START.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
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From this reading 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.
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From this reading 'Mark could not finish up the business sooner.'
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From this reading 'They come the day after to-morrow,' answered Ursula.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
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From this reading 'Well, I suppose we must have them to dinner for once.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
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From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Did you say that Mark and his wife were come to Springfield House?'
