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Chapter XIX
Kedzie made a bad night of it. She hated her loneliness. She hated her room. She hated her maid. She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
belonging to which person
From this reading “She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.””
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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 Kedzie made a bad night of it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She hated her loneliness.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She hated her loneliness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
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From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She hated her loneliness.
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From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
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From this reading She hated her maid.
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kedzie made a bad night of it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
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From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She hated her room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hated her loneliness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
belonging to which person
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wanted to live in the Dyckman palace and have a dozen maids and a pair of butlers to boss around, and valets, and a crest on her paper, and invitations pouring in from people whose pictures were in “the social world.”
