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Chapter V
"Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick. Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it. About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy. He was going to shave his. Would I lend him my razors?
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.”
any thing at all
From this reading “About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would I lend him my razors?”
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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 About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
any thing at all
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
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From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
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From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
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From this reading He was going to shave his.
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From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
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From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would I lend him my razors?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Would I lend him my razors?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
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From this reading Would I lend him my razors?
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From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Would I lend him my razors?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
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From this reading Would I lend him my razors?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
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From this reading He was going to shave his.
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From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading Said he was afraid he'd lost his temper overnight, and apologised for it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
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From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Next morning he was doing the genial, hail-fellow-well-met trick.
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From this reading About half way through breakfast--he was talking thickly about everything and anything--he said he'd come to the conclusion that a beard was a beastly nuisance and made one stuffy.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would I lend him my razors?
