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Chapter I
OF THE LOVES OF MR. PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH. “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so. As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question. We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.”
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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 “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
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From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
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From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading OF THE LOVES OF MR.
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From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
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From this reading OF THE LOVES OF MR.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF THE LOVES OF MR.
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From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading As for Doughty Street, with our means, a house is out of the question.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF THE LOVES OF MR.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
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From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
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From this reading PERKINS AND MISS GORGON, AND OF THE TWO GREAT FACTIONS IN THE TOWN OF OLDBOROUGH.
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From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
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From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “My dear John,” cried Lucy, with a very wise look indeed, “it must and shall be so.
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From this reading We must keep three servants, and Aunt Biggs says the taxes are one-and-twenty pounds a year.”
