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Chapter IV
'Your cab?' 'Your delicacy was expensive for you!' 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!' Selina cried. 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Selina cried.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'”
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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 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Your cab?'
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From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Selina cried.
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From this reading 'Your delicacy was expensive for you!'
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From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
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From this reading 'Your delicacy was expensive for you!'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Your delicacy was expensive for you!'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading Selina cried.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
in spite of the fact that
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Your delicacy was expensive for you!'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'You don't mean you were knocking about in _cabs_ with him!'
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From this reading 'Of course I know that you don't really think a word of what you say about me,' Laura went on; 'though I don't know that that makes your saying it a bit less unspeakably base.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Your delicacy was expensive for you!'
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Your cab?'
