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Chapter VIII
PEGGY’S FRIENDS. The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech. The visit to Balcairnie was paid. The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests. Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.”
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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 The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
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From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
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From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
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From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
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From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
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From this reading PEGGY’S FRIENDS.
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From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
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From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
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From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
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From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
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From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
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From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
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From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
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From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
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From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
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From this reading The visit to Balcairnie was paid.
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From this reading PEGGY’S FRIENDS.
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From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
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From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everything was propitious, even to a recent fortuitous moulting of the guinea-fowls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ladies behaved as graciously as the host was intent on rendering the visit a pleasure to his guests.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
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From this reading The visit to Balcairnie was paid.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The visit to Balcairnie was paid.
which person or people
From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
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From this reading The woman who sang ‘Huntingtower’ as Primrose Ramsay sang it could neither be hard-hearted nor narrow-minded, Balcairnie said to himself, and he acted on the speech.
