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CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room. Fairfax Cary fired up. "You are too easy, Ludwell! Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man! Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.”
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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 Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are too easy, Ludwell!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
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From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
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From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are too easy, Ludwell!
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From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading Fairfax Cary fired up.
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From this reading Fairfax Cary fired up.
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From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
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From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
a thing, without saying which
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CARY AND JACQUELINE At supper table that evening at Fontenoy, Ludwell Cary said something complimentary to the prisoner in the blue room.
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From this reading "You are too easy, Ludwell!
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From this reading Fairfax Cary fired up.
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From this reading Lewis Rand, I warn you, is a dangerous man!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are too easy, Ludwell!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Serve him once, and you serve him once too often!--begging your pardon, Colonel Churchill!"
