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Chapter XXV
FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall. "Fast." "The Colchester road?" "Yes." "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
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From this reading "The Colchester road?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
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From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The Colchester road?"
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From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's really just as quick to take the Frinton road for Colchester--it's so much straighter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading FLIGHT "Fast, madam, did you say?" asked the chauffeur, bending his head back from the wheel as the car left the gates of Flank Hall.
