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Chapter XIV
“Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?” “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.” “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand. “Why shouldn’t I?” At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ““Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.”
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading “At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““I would marry you, if you’d be willing.””
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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 “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
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From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
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From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
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From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
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From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
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From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why shouldn’t I?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading At Shrovetide Alyosha’s father came to town for his wages.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why shouldn’t I?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you taken a fancy to some one, then?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I would marry you, if you’d be willing.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Get along with you, Alyosha the Pot; but you’ve found your tongue, haven’t you?” she exclaimed, slapping him on the back with a towel she held in her hand.
