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Chapter II
George laughed. “That's one of the things you're expected to know. He never told me.” The Clokes were more communicative. That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That's one of the things you're expected to know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He never told me.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““That's one of the things you're expected to know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He never told me.””
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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 That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading The Clokes were more communicative.
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From this reading The Clokes were more communicative.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading George laughed.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He never told me.”
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
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From this reading George laughed.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He never told me.”
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From this reading The Clokes were more communicative.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He never told me.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
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From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He never told me.”
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From this reading That evening and thereafter for a week they gave the Chapins the official history, as one gives it to lodgers, of Friars Pardon the house and its five farms.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Clokes were more communicative.
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From this reading “That's one of the things you're expected to know.
