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Chapter IV
“It may be,” said Somers slowly. “I am neither a financier nor a politician. It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of. It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital. But also it may not be.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ““It may be,” said Somers slowly.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading ““I am neither a financier nor a politician.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.”
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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 “I am neither a financier nor a politician.
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From this reading But also it may not be.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am neither a financier nor a politician.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It may be,” said Somers slowly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But also it may not be.
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From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
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From this reading “I am neither a financier nor a politician.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am neither a financier nor a politician.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It may be,” said Somers slowly.
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From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “It may be,” said Somers slowly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “I am neither a financier nor a politician.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
not any; not one
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “I am neither a financier nor a politician.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But also it may not be.
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From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
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From this reading “I am neither a financier nor a politician.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It may be,” said Somers slowly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It may be,” said Somers slowly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It may be,” said Somers slowly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It seems as if the next thing to come a cropper were capital: now there are no more kings to speak of.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It may be the middle classes are coming smash--which is the same thing as finance--as capital.
