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LADY HUNSTANTON. Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth. Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter. And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind. LADY CAROLINE.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.”
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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 Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading LADY CAROLINE.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading LADY HUNSTANTON.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
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From this reading LADY HUNSTANTON.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
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From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And much good may be done by means of a magic lantern, or a missionary, or some popular amusement of that kind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
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From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dear Dr. Daubeny, our rector here, provides, with the assistance of his curates, really admirable recreations for the poor during the winter.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Certainly, a great deal may be done by means of cheap entertainments, as you say, Lord Illingworth.
