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Chapter VIII
AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!" Philip broke out testily. "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it. This is enough to drive anybody mad!" I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
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any person at all
From this reading “This is enough to drive anybody mad!"”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.”
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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 AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
any person at all
From this reading This is enough to drive anybody mad!"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
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From this reading Philip broke out testily.
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
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From this reading This is enough to drive anybody mad!"
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From this reading This is enough to drive anybody mad!"
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
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From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
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From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is enough to drive anybody mad!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
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From this reading This is enough to drive anybody mad!"
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
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From this reading Philip broke out testily.
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From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
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From this reading Philip broke out testily.
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
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From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
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From this reading AT SANTON I "For goodness' sake, Joan, stop chattering just for a few minutes!"
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From this reading Philip broke out testily.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is enough to drive anybody mad!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
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From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
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From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I had been wondering how much longer his patience would hold out.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you don't want to sit, say so and have done with it.
