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_Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard? And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying? O _Ethel_!” _Miss Reed_: “I haven’t been listening, exactly.” _Miss Spaulding_: “You have!
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
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From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
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From this reading O _Ethel_!”
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From this reading _Miss Reed_: “I haven’t been listening, exactly.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
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From this reading _Miss Reed_: “I haven’t been listening, exactly.”
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From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
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From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
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From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
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From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
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From this reading O _Ethel_!”
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From this reading _Miss Reed_: “I haven’t been listening, exactly.”
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From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
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From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
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From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
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From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
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From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
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From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Miss Spaulding_, in an awful undertone: “Was that the hollow rumbling I heard?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And have you been listening at the register to what they’ve been saying?
