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Chapter II
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN. It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court. How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers! Indeed, those were pleasant days. To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
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Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading “It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Indeed, those were pleasant days.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Indeed, those were pleasant days.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading Indeed, those were pleasant days.
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From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading Indeed, those were pleasant days.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE ROAD TO RUIN.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed, those were pleasant days.
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading ON THE ROAD TO RUIN.
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From this reading ON THE ROAD TO RUIN.
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
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From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
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From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE ROAD TO RUIN.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Indeed, those were pleasant days.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON THE ROAD TO RUIN.
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From this reading It is not so much the custom now as formerly for unmarried men, barristers and others, to reside in the Temple and the other ancient Inns of Court.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Indeed, those were pleasant days.
which person or people
From this reading To those who have led that life how full of associations is busy Fleet Street!
in the company of; together with
From this reading How many of us look back with a sigh of regret to that old jovial free bachelor life in the snug chambers!
