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Chapter XI
THE COUSIN. A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there. Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty. That was quite unnecessary. What business had the Englishman here?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What business had the Englishman here?”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That was quite unnecessary.”
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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 few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading What business had the Englishman here?
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
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From this reading THE COUSIN.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What business had the Englishman here?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What business had the Englishman here?
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was quite unnecessary.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was quite unnecessary.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COUSIN.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
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From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading That was quite unnecessary.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What business had the Englishman here?
at the time that
From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Babette was just offering him some boiled trout, which she herself must have garnished with parsley, it looked so dainty.
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From this reading A few days later, when Rudy came to call at the mill, he found the young Englishman there.
