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Chapter XXV
Mrs. Endorfield’s advice was duly followed. “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning. “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right. “I can’t understand the report. She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
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any thing at all
From this reading ““But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ““I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I can’t understand the report.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.”
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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 “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
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From this reading Mrs. Endorfield’s advice was duly followed.
any thing at all
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
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From this reading She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
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From this reading “I can’t understand the report.
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From this reading She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Endorfield’s advice was duly followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Endorfield’s advice was duly followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Endorfield’s advice was duly followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
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From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Endorfield’s advice was duly followed.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can’t understand the report.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
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From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can’t understand the report.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But is there anything in it?” said Geoffrey uneasily, as he shifted his hat to the right.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Endorfield’s advice was duly followed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
at the time that
From this reading She didn’t complain to me a bit when I saw her.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I be proper sorry that your daughter isn’t so well as she might be,” said a Mellstock man to Geoffrey one morning.
