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Chapter VI
'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt. 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice. I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil. I was quite frightened. At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
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any thing at all
From this reading “I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was quite frightened.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.”
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From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
any thing at all
From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
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From this reading 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
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From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
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From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
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From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
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From this reading I was quite frightened.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
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From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
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From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
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From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
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From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
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From this reading 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.
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From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
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From this reading 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
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From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was quite frightened.
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From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
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From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.
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From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
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From this reading 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I never heard anything so interesting as his sermon on the personal devil.
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From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Last Sunday, Mr Baker was so nice.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At least I would have been if he had said all that at Bethlehem.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I'M very sorry you can't come,' said Mrs Holt.
