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Chapter XV
'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble? If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.' 'He will know I was the lady with you!' 'Whom he called my wife. I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'He will know I was the lady with you!'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
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From this reading 'Whom he called my wife.
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'He will know I was the lady with you!'
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From this reading 'He will know I was the lady with you!'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
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From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'He will know I was the lady with you!'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
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From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'He will know I was the lady with you!'
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'
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From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If I go to Welland House to- night, and find my brother just arrived there, and he sees this cut on my face, which I suppose you described to him--' 'I did.'
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Whom he called my wife.
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From this reading I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'
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From this reading 'Whom he called my wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'He will know I was the lady with you!'
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'He will know I was the lady with you!'
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From this reading I wonder why we look husband and wife already!'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'But, Swithin, don't you see my new trouble?
