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Chapter XXXVII
Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked. ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that. Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on. As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth. And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me 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 Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
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From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
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From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
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From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
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From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
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From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
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From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
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From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
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From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
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From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
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From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
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From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
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From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
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From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
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From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
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From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
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From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
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From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
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From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
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From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
not any; not one
From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
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From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
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From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
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From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
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From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
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From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And as for bein’ careful, there ain’t no call for you to tell me to be that, for that I always am, as by now you ought to know.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anybody’d think I’d done something as I didn’t ought to ’a’ done to ’ear you going on.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Mrs Henderson put her hands under her apron and smirked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
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From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As for what’s ’appened, I’ll tell you all I know with the greatest willingness on earth.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Well, Mr Phillips, it do sound strange to ’ear you talkin’ to me like that.
