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Chapter XI
“There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money. That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.” “That would be very right,” Catherine answered. “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.” “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““That would be very right,” Catherine answered.”
any thing at all
From this reading “That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading ““I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That would be very right,” Catherine answered.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading ““There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““That would be very right,” Catherine answered.”
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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 “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “That would be very right,” Catherine answered.
any thing at all
From this reading That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “That would be very right,” Catherine answered.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
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From this reading “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.”
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From this reading “That would be very right,” Catherine answered.
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From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
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From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.”
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From this reading That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.”
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From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That would be very right,” Catherine answered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My dear child,” the Doctor observed, laughing, “your simplicity is touching.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That would be very right,” Catherine answered.
at the time that
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading That will interest him more than anything else you can tell him.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “That would be very right,” Catherine answered.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “There is one thing you can tell Mr. Townsend when you see him again,” he said: “that if you marry without my consent, I don’t leave you a farthing of money.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I ought not in that case to have a farthing of your money.”
