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‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’ ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica. ‘Why, didn’t--didn’t you send them, Angelica dear?’ says Giglio. ‘I send them indeed! Angelica dear!
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘Why, didn’t--didn’t you send them, Angelica dear?’ says Giglio.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘Why, didn’t--didn’t you send them, Angelica dear?’ says Giglio.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘I send them indeed!
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From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘Why, didn’t--didn’t you send them, Angelica dear?’ says Giglio.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
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From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
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From this reading ‘Why, didn’t--didn’t you send them, Angelica dear?’ says Giglio.
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From this reading ‘Yes, dear Angelica, I am come downstairs, and feel so well today, thanks to the FOWL and the JELLY.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘What do I know about fowls and jellies, that you allude to them in that rude way?’ says Angelica.
