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Chapter XXVI
HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM. “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri. “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.” “Good, indeed!” “I maintain it, and I will prove it.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.””
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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 “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
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From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
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From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
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From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.
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From this reading “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.
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From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
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From this reading “Good, indeed!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
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From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
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From this reading “I maintain it, and I will prove it.”
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From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
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From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
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From this reading “I maintain it, and I will prove it.”
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From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I maintain it, and I will prove it.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOW, AS CHICOT AND THE QUEEN MOTHER WERE AGREED, THE KING BEGAN TO AGREE WITH THEM.
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From this reading “Yes, it is my manner, and I think it is a good one.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Is this how you defend your king?” cried Henri.
