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Chapter III
RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—. “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you. Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us. What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know? Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading ““Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.”
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
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From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
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From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
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From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
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From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
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From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
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From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
above and across; more than
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
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From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
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From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
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From this reading Don’t you know we have been home from Europe six weeks, and you haven’t been to see us.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What kind of a cousin is that, I’d like to know?
at the time that
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
in the company of; together with
From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
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From this reading RENA’S LETTER TO TOM GILES (With remarks by Tom, as he read it) “New York, June 10, 18—.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Dear Old Tom: “It is an age since I have heard from you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you so busy in your office, earning your bread, as you said you were when I tried to have you come over to Paris and meet us?
