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Chapter XXI
IN AMBUSH. “Come up to your room, Rosamond. See! I have given you one across the hall from mine. Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “I have given you one across the hall from mine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Come up to your room, Rosamond.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have given you one across the hall from mine.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I have given you one across the hall from mine.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I have given you one across the hall from mine.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.”
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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 Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
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From this reading IN AMBUSH.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
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From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN AMBUSH.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
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From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
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From this reading See!
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
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From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
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From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our guests will arrive shortly, and Arnold is down in the drawing-room, waiting with as much patience as a man usually bestows upon his wife.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have given you one across the hall from mine.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Come up to your room, Rosamond.
