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Chapter XV
“Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.” With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn. “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever. But I can’t and won’t miss the music. I dote on music.
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for the reason that
From this reading ““I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.”
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.”
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading “With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.”
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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 With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
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From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
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From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
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From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
for the reason that
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I can’t and won’t miss the music.
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From this reading But I can’t and won’t miss the music.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I can’t and won’t miss the music.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Mrs. Pentecost; “I dote on music.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care to use the thing generally,” explained Mrs. Pentecost, “because I’m afraid of its making me deafer than ever.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With this formidable announcement, the old lady opened a prodigious leather bag, from which she never parted night or day, and took out an ear-trumpet of the old-fashioned kind--something between a key-bugle and a French horn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I can’t and won’t miss the music.
