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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
addressed
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
away
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
back
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
begged
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
Beginning
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
bills
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
calmness
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
came
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From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
can't
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From this reading “Tell her that I can’t see her.”
chairmen
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
Charpillon
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
eight
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
End
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
exchange
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
give
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
got
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From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
hands
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
hardly
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From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
haven't
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From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Tell her that I can’t see her.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
Jarbe
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
morning
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
next
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
night
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
o'clock
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
out
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From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
placed
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
return
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From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
see
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
sent
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
spoken
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From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
Story
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
Stranger
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
Tell
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From this reading “Tell her that I can’t see her.”
ThanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
told
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
two
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
utmost
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From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
want
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From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
wanted
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From this reading The End of the Story Stranger Than the Beginning At eight o’clock the next morning Jarbe told me that the Charpillon wanted to see me, and that she had sent away her chairmen.
went
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From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But I had hardly spoken when she came in, and Jarbe went out.
why
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From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I addressed her with the utmost calmness, and begged her to give me back the two bills of exchange I had placed in her hands the night before.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I haven’t got them about me; but why do you want me to return them to you?”
