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Chapter II
FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME. September 16th. Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family. It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either. There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.”
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From this reading September 16th.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
one or the other of two
From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
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From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.
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From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading September 16th.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.
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From this reading There are four or five people here that have come to learn the language--not to take lessons, but to have an opportunity for conversation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It's a kind of boarding-house combined with a kind of school; only it's not like an American hoarding-house, nor like an American school either.
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From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Since I last wrote to you I have left that hotel, and come to live in a French family.
