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Chapter VII
"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door. Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair. "I don't know. Which would you advise?" "What?" bawled Wiggleswick.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I don't know.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Which would you advise?"”
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From this reading Which would you advise?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading "What?" bawled Wiggleswick.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading "I don't know.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't know.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I don't know.
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From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What?" bawled Wiggleswick.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which would you advise?"
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From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Which would you advise?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
