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Chapter XIII
PERCIVAL'S HOLIDAY. "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand. "I'm off to Italy to-morrow." "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent. "The fogs last all the year round in London.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “"Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The fogs last all the year round in London.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.”
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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 "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "The fogs last all the year round in London.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
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From this reading "The fogs last all the year round in London.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
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From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading PERCIVAL'S HOLIDAY.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
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From this reading "I'm off to Italy to-morrow."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
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From this reading "I'm off to Italy to-morrow."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The fogs last all the year round in London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The fogs last all the year round in London.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
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From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
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From this reading "I'm off to Italy to-morrow."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PERCIVAL'S HOLIDAY.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The fogs last all the year round in London.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm off to Italy to-morrow."
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From this reading "I'm off to Italy to-morrow."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
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From this reading "I wish to Heaven that I were off, too!" returned Rupert, leaning back in a lounging-chair with a look of lazy discontent.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Hey for the South, the sunny South!" said Percival Heron, striding into his friend Vivian's room with a lighted cigar between his teeth and a letter in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The fogs last all the year round in London.
