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Chapter XIII
THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?” “Coming, Phil—half a minute!” Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle. “You’ll be late,” he said warningly. “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Coming, Phil—half a minute!””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.”
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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 END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
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From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
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From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
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From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
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From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Coming, Phil—half a minute!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
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From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
in or at the place that
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hardress, in riding kit, looked into the kitchen, where Norah was carrying on a feverish consultation with Miss de Lisle.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE END OF A PERFECT DAY “Are you ready, Norah?”
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From this reading “You’ll be late,” he said warningly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your father and Geoffrey have gone on.”
