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Chapter XI
MAN AND WIFE. “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people. In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.” “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?” “I don’t know that you have done anything, Alicia.
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any thing at all
From this reading ““I don’t know that you have done anything, Alicia.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?””
to think that something will happen
From this reading “In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading ““However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t know that you have done anything, Alicia.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.”
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From this reading “I don’t know that you have done anything, Alicia.
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From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAN AND WIFE.
any thing at all
From this reading “I don’t know that you have done anything, Alicia.
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From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
to think that something will happen
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
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From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know that you have done anything, Alicia.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAN AND WIFE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Gerald,” said his wife, “what have I done to make you speak to me like that?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAN AND WIFE.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the first place it is right, but that I allow does not count much in social matters; and next it is becoming and expedient, and what the world will expect of you, which is of course much more important.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “However it goes,” said Mr. Russell Penton, “I don’t think you can help taking some notice of the young people.
