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Chapter XXVII
MR. WYNDHAM'S WOOING. A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black. A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it. An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.”
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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 bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
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From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
apart from; not including
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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no person; not anyone
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
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From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
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From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
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From this reading An utterly black and miserable day, that which followed the officers' ball.
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From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
in or at the place that
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
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From this reading A wild, wet, rainy day, on which nobody wanted to stir out if they could help it.
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From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A bleak and rainy morning in Speckport--a raw and windy morning, with a sky all lead-color, except where it was inky black.
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From this reading WYNDHAM'S WOOING.
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From this reading WYNDHAM'S WOOING.
