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Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille? --French Song. [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?] I am an only child. My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “[Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]”
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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 My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am an only child.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I am an only child.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
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From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
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From this reading I am an only child.
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading --French Song.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am an only child.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
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From this reading I am an only child.
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading Ou peut-on etre mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
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From this reading --French Song.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
in or at the place that
From this reading [Where can on be better than in the bosom of one's family?]
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From this reading My father was the younger son of one of our oldest earls; my mother the dowerless daughter of a Scotch peer.
