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Chapter VIII
“You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.” “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?” “He told you the truth. He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.” “Forced _you_?
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any thing at all
From this reading “He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.””
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ““And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?””
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading ““You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.””
To recall to mind.
From this reading ““You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““He told you the truth.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading ““You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
any thing at all
From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
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From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
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From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
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From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
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From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
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From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “He told you the truth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He told you the truth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He told you the truth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you think he wasn't rude to scold me before my guests?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He didn't wish to say anything, but you forced him to speak, just as you have forced me.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You made him stay--you remember how--and he couldn't have got away without being rude.”
