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Chapter XXXV
HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends. I have nothing official to say to you. It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government. But one learns to read the signs of the times. I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."
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any thing at all
From this reading “It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have nothing official to say to you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I have nothing official to say to you.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But one learns to read the signs of the times.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.”
during the time that
From this reading “It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.”
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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 HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
any thing at all
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
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From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
the two together, not just one
From this reading I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."
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From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But one learns to read the signs of the times.
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From this reading I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."
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From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
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From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
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From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have nothing official to say to you.
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From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But one learns to read the signs of the times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I have nothing official to say to you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have nothing official to say to you.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But one learns to read the signs of the times.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But one learns to read the signs of the times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have nothing official to say to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But one learns to read the signs of the times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think that you and I both know that you cannot last the session."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But one learns to read the signs of the times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have nothing official to say to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
during the time that
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be presumption on my part to assume that the time is ripe for anything definite while you are still at the head of an unbeaten Government.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HESTER THINKS IT "A GREAT PITY" "You will understand," Mannering said, as the brougham drove off, "that you and I are speaking together merely as friends.
