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Chapter XXIX
THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte. "Ah, these Englishmen!" she exclaimed. "These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen! If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything. Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"
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any thing at all
From this reading “If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “"Ah, these Englishmen!" she exclaimed.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.”
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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 THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading "Ah, these Englishmen!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
any thing at all
From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"
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From this reading "These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen!
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From this reading "Ah, these Englishmen!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading "Ah, these Englishmen!" she exclaimed.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
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From this reading Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading "These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading "These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading "These dull, good, obstinate, stupid pigs of Englishmen!
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "Ah, these Englishmen!" she exclaimed.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
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From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do they make love as coldly, I wonder?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If they would lose their tempers once--get angry, anything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE INTERVIEWING OF PHYLLIS THE Marquise made a wry face at his departing figure, which changed swiftly into a smile as she turned to the young Vicomte.
