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Chapter I
_"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day. Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said. "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"”
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From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
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From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
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From this reading _"Sardanapalus builded seven cities in a day.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
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From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Let us eat, drink and sleep, for to-morrow we die."_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading "Oh, as for ideas--" "Well?"
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From this reading _London, William Heinemann._ _1901, by_ MCCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
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From this reading _The Trow Printing Company New York_ "Ideas," she said.
