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Chapter III
“Oh, oh!” said the draper. “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile. Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.” “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.” “Do not use new-fangled words.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.””
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
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From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
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From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
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From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do not use new-fangled words.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
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From this reading “Oh, oh!” said the draper.
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From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
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From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
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From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
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From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
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From this reading “Do not use new-fangled words.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Do not use new-fangled words.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
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From this reading “Oh, oh!” said the draper.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
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From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
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From this reading “Oh, oh!” said the draper.
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From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
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From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
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From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh, oh!” said the draper.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us speak of something else.--Joseph, the stock-taking is done.”
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From this reading “Do not use new-fangled words.
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From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, one must be very ill to show one’s bile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do not use new-fangled words.
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From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yes, monsieur, and the dividend is one of the best you have ever made.”
