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Chapter XV
“No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!” “I will not have you so impudent, sir!” “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees. But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped. “May I not even mention them?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““May I not even mention them?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I will not have you so impudent, sir!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!””
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ““May I not even mention them?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.”
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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 “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
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From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “May I not even mention them?”
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From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
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From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
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From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
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From this reading “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees.
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From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
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From this reading “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “May I not even mention them?”
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From this reading “May I not even mention them?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
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From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees.
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From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
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From this reading “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees.
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From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “May I not even mention them?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A thousand pardons, I’m on my knees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But your aunts--” There was such a flash of war in her eye that I stopped.
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From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I will not have you so impudent, sir!”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “No, there are other white people here--there goes your nose again!”
