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Chapter XLII
He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good. That was all that could be said about him. Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade. Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year. M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading “He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.”
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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 He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
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From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
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From this reading That was all that could be said about him.
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From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That was all that could be said about him.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
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From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That was all that could be said about him.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That was all that could be said about him.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
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From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
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From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
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From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
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From this reading That was all that could be said about him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was all that could be said about him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading M. sur M. almost rivalled London and Berlin in this branch of commerce.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
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From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Thanks to the rapid progress of the industry which he had so admirably reconstructed, M. sur M. had become a rather important centre of trade.
which person or people
From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
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From this reading Spain, which consumes a good deal of black jet, made enormous purchases there each year.
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From this reading He was a man about fifty years of age, who had a preoccupied air, and who was good.
