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Chapter I
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Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray. How often do you see him?” “Every day. I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day. He is absolutely necessary to me.”
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “He is absolutely necessary to me.””
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
From this reading “Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ““Every day.”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.”
absolutely essential
From this reading “He is absolutely necessary to me.””
many times at short intervals
From this reading “How often do you see him?””
express in words
From this reading “Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading He is absolutely necessary to me.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
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From this reading I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Every day.
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From this reading I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How often do you see him?”
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
From this reading Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every day.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is absolutely necessary to me.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How often do you see him?”
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From this reading How often do you see him?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is absolutely necessary to me.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.
absolutely essential
From this reading He is absolutely necessary to me.”
many times at short intervals
From this reading How often do you see him?”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading How often do you see him?”
express in words
From this reading Tell me more about Mr. Dorian Gray.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He is absolutely necessary to me.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How often do you see him?”
