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Chapter VIII
HORATIA. So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room. 'What are you sighing for, Sarah? One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner. Was it in honour of little, insignificant me?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Was it in honour of little, insignificant me?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.”
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading “So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.”
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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 So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'What are you sighing for, Sarah?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'What are you sighing for, Sarah?
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From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading Was it in honour of little, insignificant me?
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From this reading HORATIA.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Was it in honour of little, insignificant me?
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From this reading Was it in honour of little, insignificant me?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
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From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was it in honour of little, insignificant me?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Was it in honour of little, insignificant me?
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
above and across; more than
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading 'What are you sighing for, Sarah?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
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From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So the dinner was over, and Sarah heaved a great sigh of relief as the two followed Mrs Clay to the drawing-room.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'What are you sighing for, Sarah?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'What are you sighing for, Sarah?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading One would think you had just discovered that you were a pauper, and had eaten your last grand dinner; for it was a grand dinner.
