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Chapter XXXVI
“Agreed--it is all arranged.” “Very well. There is no more to be said. Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre. I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Very well.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.””
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From this reading “Agreed--it is all arranged.”
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From this reading “Agreed--it is all arranged.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
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From this reading “Agreed--it is all arranged.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There is no more to be said.
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From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
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From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Agreed--it is all arranged.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Agreed--it is all arranged.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
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From this reading There is no more to be said.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no more to be said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is no more to be said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
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From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is no more to be said.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is no more to be said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
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From this reading “Very well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Very well.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
which person or people
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
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From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went to look him up yesterday, and he undertook to crush the workman who seemed likely to give us trouble.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Every one is for you in this business, even Gaudissart, the manager of the theatre.
