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Chapter XIII
HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow. I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau. And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together. Perhaps---- No, I won't say it. Any way, Sunday morning at latest.
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later than; following
From this reading “HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps---- No, I won't say it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.”
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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 HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
later than; following
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading Any way, Sunday morning at latest.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Any way, Sunday morning at latest.
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From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps---- No, I won't say it.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading Any way, Sunday morning at latest.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
not any; not one
From this reading Perhaps---- No, I won't say it.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
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From this reading Perhaps---- No, I won't say it.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading Perhaps---- No, I won't say it.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
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From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
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From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I must stay there one night, to sign some papers, and then I can leave for Pau.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
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From this reading Any way, Sunday morning at latest.
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From this reading And on next Sunday morning as ever is, we'll have breakfast together.
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From this reading HOW A TELEGRAM CAME FOR JILL, PIERS DEMANDED HIS SWEETHEART, AND I DROVE AFTER MY WIFE _Rome._ _My darling Jill,_ _It's all finished now, and I can start for Paris to-morrow.
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From this reading Perhaps---- No, I won't say it.
