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Chapter V
Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it. “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?” “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.” “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?” (A laugh.)
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.””
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading ““No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?””
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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 “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
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From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
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From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
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From this reading Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
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From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
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From this reading Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.
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From this reading (A laugh.)
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From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
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From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
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From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
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From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
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From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
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From this reading Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Commissioner Dubobwig was very funny about it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What! then you came on a BOOTLESS errand, ay, sir?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No: he said, ven I asked him for payment, dey was ordered by a yong boy, and I ought to have gone to his schoolmaster.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So Doctor Swishtail would not pay you for the boots, eh, Mr. Stiffelkind?”
