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Chapter XXIV
“Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?” “Why, you must take life as it is. Of course you would change the details. You could lay the scene in Philadelphia. Nobody would suspect you then.”
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “You could lay the scene in Philadelphia.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course you would change the details.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Of course you would change the details.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Why, you must take life as it is.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““Why, you must take life as it is.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “Nobody would suspect you then.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?””
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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 “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Why, you must take life as it is.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
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From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
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From this reading Of course you would change the details.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You could lay the scene in Philadelphia.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course you would change the details.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Of course you would change the details.
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From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
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From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You could lay the scene in Philadelphia.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Why, you must take life as it is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
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From this reading You could lay the scene in Philadelphia.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, you must take life as it is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Why, you must take life as it is.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody would suspect you then.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course you would change the details.
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From this reading You could lay the scene in Philadelphia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You could lay the scene in Philadelphia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
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From this reading Nobody would suspect you then.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of course you would change the details.
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From this reading Nobody would suspect you then.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
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From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
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From this reading “Why, you must take life as it is.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Celia, don't you think it would be an ungentlemanly thing to take a social event like that?”
