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Chapter II
JUDITH. That’s a good girl! (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives? ESSIE. No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
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any thing at all
From this reading “No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “(_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?”
two people or things considered together
From this reading “(_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s a good girl!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?”
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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 That’s a good girl!
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
any thing at all
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
two people or things considered together
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
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From this reading ESSIE.
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
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From this reading That’s a good girl!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That’s a good girl!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
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From this reading JUDITH.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
not any; not one
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s a good girl!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
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From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
in the company of; together with
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No. They wouldn’t have anything to do with him: they were too religious.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_She places a couple of chairs at the table with their backs to the window, with a pleasant sense of being a more thoughtful housekeeper than Mrs. Dudgeon._) Do you know any of your father’s relatives?
