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ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples. Well, I don't think we shall do so badly. Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?" At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement. Mary looked up from the end of the table.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mary looked up from the end of the table.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.”
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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 ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
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From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
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From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.
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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
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From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
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From this reading ABDICATION "Ham, pie, cheese, bread, tarts, a custard and stewed apples.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At four o'clock in the morning Sarah Bannister faced Mary across the dining-room table with a smile of grim amusement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
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From this reading Mary looked up from the end of the table.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
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From this reading Well, I don't think we shall do so badly.
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From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why didn't you roast a fowl and have done with it, Mary?"
