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Chapter XXV
“It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement. I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations. Won't you come with me?” A pained expression passed over his face. “When must you leave us?” he asked.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““When must you leave us?” he asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Won't you come with me?””
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““When must you leave us?” he asked.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “A pained expression passed over his face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A pained expression passed over his face.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading ““It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.”
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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 “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
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From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When must you leave us?” he asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
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From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Won't you come with me?”
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From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading A pained expression passed over his face.
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From this reading A pained expression passed over his face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “When must you leave us?” he asked.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A pained expression passed over his face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading “When must you leave us?” he asked.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Won't you come with me?”
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “When must you leave us?” he asked.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
above and across; more than
From this reading A pained expression passed over his face.
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From this reading A pained expression passed over his face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A pained expression passed over his face.
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From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “When must you leave us?” he asked.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
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From this reading “It's just a week,” I said, three days later, to Arthur, “since we heard of Lady Muriel's engagement.
at the time that
From this reading “When must you leave us?” he asked.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Won't you come with me?”
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From this reading Won't you come with me?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Won't you come with me?”
