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AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC. The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind. They have other duties. So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates. Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.”
for the reason that
From this reading “Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have other duties.”
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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 The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
for the reason that
From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading They have other duties.
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From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have other duties.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading They have other duties.
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From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
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From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dog of a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do not reproduce their kind.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have other duties.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So their successors have to be sought among the prolific, and particularly among the prolific on great estates.
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From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF “THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN,” ETC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Such are gardeners, but not under-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—but not lodge people, because their years are too great and their lodges too small.
