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Chapter V
A PRODIGAL. "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything? We are going in the dog-cart with Harris." Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke. It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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any thing at all
From this reading “"Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?”
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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 PRODIGAL.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
any thing at all
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
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From this reading We are going in the dog-cart with Harris."
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
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From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading We are going in the dog-cart with Harris."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We are going in the dog-cart with Harris."
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
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From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading A PRODIGAL.
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
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From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a bright, frosty morning, and Sir Edward was leaving the breakfast-room with the newspaper and a large packet of letters in his hand.
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We are going in the dog-cart with Harris."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
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From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
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From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Milly was dancing up and down on the rug inside the front door as she spoke.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are going in the dog-cart with Harris."
in the company of; together with
From this reading We are going in the dog-cart with Harris."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Uncle Edward, nurse and I are going shopping; would you like us to buy you anything?
