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Chapter XI
“As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.” “Couldn’t I stay?” she asked timidly. Dick shook his head. “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business. Arthur is at home?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Couldn’t I stay?” she asked timidly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dick shook his head.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.”
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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 “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
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From this reading Arthur is at home?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Couldn’t I stay?” she asked timidly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arthur is at home?”
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From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
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From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
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From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
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From this reading “Couldn’t I stay?” she asked timidly.
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From this reading Dick shook his head.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
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From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
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From this reading Dick shook his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dick shook his head.
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From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Arthur is at home?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Couldn’t I stay?” she asked timidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dick shook his head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Couldn’t I stay?” she asked timidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
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From this reading “Couldn’t I stay?” she asked timidly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
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From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We shall have to call in the police, and I want to keep your name out of the business.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “As for you, young lady,” he said, with a grim smile, “I seem to spend my life taking you back to your home.”
