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Chapter III
B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What! Ridgeon: did you hear that? Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express. Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own. Listen, Walpole.
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to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading “Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ridgeon: did you hear that?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.”
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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 Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
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From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
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From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
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From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
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From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
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From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
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From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
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From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
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From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
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From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
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From this reading Listen, Walpole.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
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From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
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From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
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From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
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From this reading Listen, Walpole.
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From this reading Sir Patrick: I am more struck by what you have just told me than I can well express.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
in the company of; together with
From this reading B. B. [suddenly rising to the new idea with immense interest and excitement] What!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ridgeon: did you hear that?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your father, sir, anticipated a discovery of my own.
