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Chapter I
MY DEAR A.B.W. The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_. Possibly you knew this without my telling you. Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years. So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Possibly you knew this without my telling you.”
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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 MY DEAR A.B.W.
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From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading MY DEAR A.B.W.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading MY DEAR A.B.W.
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From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
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From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly you knew this without my telling you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR A.B.W.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
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From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly you knew this without my telling you.
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From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
except for; apart from
From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
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From this reading Possibly you knew this without my telling you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Possibly you knew this without my telling you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
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From this reading MY DEAR A.B.W.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The short papers which follow have been reprinted, with a few alterations, from _The Speaker_.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Possibly you knew this without my telling you.
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From this reading So this dedication is partly designed to save me the trouble of writing a formal preface.
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From this reading Possibly, too, you have sat in a theatre before now and seen the curtain rise on two characters exchanging information which must have been their common property for years.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Possibly you knew this without my telling you.
