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Chapter XXXI
‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go? I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’ ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’ ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know! When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’”
in or to any place at all
From this reading “‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?”
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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 ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
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From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
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From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
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From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
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From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
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From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
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From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
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From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
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From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
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From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
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From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
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From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
not any; not one
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
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From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
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From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘That is just like a man,’ cried Mrs. Jenkinson, ’as if you did not know!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
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From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
at the time that
From this reading When any gossip is going it always gets here first of all.
in or to any place at all
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ‘Canon, what does this story mean which I meet wherever I go?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard it at the St. Clairs’ yesterday, but took no notice, and to-day there’s poor Lady Thompson bursting and panting--what does it all mean?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘I should be better able to answer if you told me what it was.’
