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Chapter XVI
SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR. There was a ball at Penton that evening. Nothing was more unusual than a ball at Penton. The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind. Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.”
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading “SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing was more unusual than a ball at Penton.”
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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 There was a ball at Penton that evening.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a ball at Penton that evening.
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From this reading There was a ball at Penton that evening.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading There was a ball at Penton that evening.
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From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
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From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
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From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
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From this reading Nothing was more unusual than a ball at Penton.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing was more unusual than a ball at Penton.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
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From this reading There was a ball at Penton that evening.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nothing was more unusual than a ball at Penton.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a ball at Penton that evening.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
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From this reading There was a ball at Penton that evening.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
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From this reading Nothing was more unusual than a ball at Penton.
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From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
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From this reading SIR WALTER AND HIS HEIR.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a ball at Penton that evening.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The family festivities were usually of the gravest kind.
which person or people
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Solemn dinner-parties, duties of society, collections of people who had to be asked, county potentates, with whom Alicia and her husband had dined, and who had to be repaid.
