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A Young Man's Year
A Young Man's Year

Chapter XXVIII

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TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.
Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
And you too, Judith!
Beg pardon?
Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
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A Young Man's Year

Chapter XXVIII

Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.
Line 2
Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!
Line 3
And you too, Judith!
Line 4
Beg pardon?
Line 5
Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.
All words in this reading · 26

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

alterations

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From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And you too, Judith!

awfully

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From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!

Beg

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From this reading Beg pardon?

coming

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From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!

few

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From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!

Good-night

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From this reading TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.

hope

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From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

Judith

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From this reading And you too, Judith!

just

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From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

MEDICINE

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From this reading TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.

Mrs

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From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!

Norton

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From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!

Oh

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From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

pardon

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From this reading Beg pardon?

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

TAKING

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From this reading TAKING MEDICINE "Good-night.

Thanks

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From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!

too

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From this reading And you too, Judith!

Ward

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From this reading Thanks awfully for coming, Mrs. Norton Ward!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

yes

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From this reading Oh, yes, I hope so--with just a few alterations.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And you too, Judith!