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MISS RALEIGH’S COMPANION. “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds? Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking! And I shall wear _all_ the Raleigh diamonds!” “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
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a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading ““Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.”
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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 “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
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From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
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From this reading And I shall wear _all_ the Raleigh diamonds!”
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From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
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From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
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From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
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From this reading MISS RALEIGH’S COMPANION.
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From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
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From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
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From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS RALEIGH’S COMPANION.
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From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
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From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
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From this reading And I shall wear _all_ the Raleigh diamonds!”
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From this reading MISS RALEIGH’S COMPANION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Which shall I wear, mamma, the pale blue silk, with white lace and pearl ornaments, or the new amber satin with hand-painted panels and black lace overdress looped with diamonds?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But, Rosamond, _all_ the Raleigh diamonds would be too many jewels for a single toilet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, yes, that will be the handsomest and most striking!
