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Chapter VI
“Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis. “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind. We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.” “Precisely,” said I. “A hundred pounds!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.””
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.”
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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 “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
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From this reading “A hundred pounds!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
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From this reading “A hundred pounds!”
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From this reading “Precisely,” said I.
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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
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From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
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From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We used to have a shilling given us for our tickets.”
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From this reading “Well, there was, anyhow,” said Miss Phyllis.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I and two other girls went to a course of lectures at the Town Hall on literature or something of that kind.
