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Chapter I
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As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him. He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.” “Remembered what, Harry?” “Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.” “Where was it?”
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.”
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
From this reading ““Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.””
a boy or man
From this reading “He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.””
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading ““Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.””
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading ““Remembered what, Harry?””
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.”
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.””
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading “As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
dearly loved
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
From this reading “Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.”
a boy or man
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.”
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From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Remembered what, Harry?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Where was it?”
and nothing more
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he thought of his aunt, an idea seemed to strike him.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Where was it?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Remembered what, Harry?”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray.”
