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Chapter X
A charming introduction to a hermit’s life! Four weeks’ torture, tossing, and sickness! Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons! And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring! Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
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pleasing or delighting
From this reading “A charming introduction to a hermit’s life!”
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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 A charming introduction to a hermit’s life!
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Four weeks’ torture, tossing, and sickness!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading A charming introduction to a hermit’s life!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
to think that something will happen
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Four weeks’ torture, tossing, and sickness!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
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From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
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From this reading A charming introduction to a hermit’s life!
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From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading A charming introduction to a hermit’s life!
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From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A charming introduction to a hermit’s life!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
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From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading Four weeks’ torture, tossing, and sickness!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
up to a particular time
From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A charming introduction to a hermit’s life!
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From this reading Four weeks’ torture, tossing, and sickness!
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From this reading Four weeks’ torture, tossing, and sickness!
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From this reading Four weeks’ torture, tossing, and sickness!
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From this reading Oh, these bleak winds and bitter northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Heathcliff has just honoured me with a call.
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From this reading And oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I need not expect to be out of doors till spring!
