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Chapter XVI
JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week. She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore. She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both. "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like. And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “"You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both.”
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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 JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
the two together, not just one
From this reading She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both.
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From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
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From this reading She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
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From this reading She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore.
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From this reading She lived in a small house in Kensington Gore.
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From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
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From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
which person or people
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading She told Orris frankly why she wanted them both.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
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From this reading JOCK'S INHERITANCE MARIE LAING wrote and asked Orris and her husband up to town for a week.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And I want them to see that you have married a gentleman and one who can hold his own with any.
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From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You've been married in such a hole-and-corner style that your friends in town are wondering what your husband is like.
