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Chapter XXVI
“I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.” —SHAKESPEARE. THE visitation had not been confined to the High School. The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection. “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.”
showing no sympathy for other people’s suffering
From this reading “The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.”
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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’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
showing no sympathy for other people’s suffering
From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
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From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
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From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
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From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
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From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
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From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
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From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
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From this reading —SHAKESPEARE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
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From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I’ll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutes.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE visitation had not been confined to the High School.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Kismet,” as they think it, said Jane Mohun, and still more to their want of care.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The little cheaply-built rows for workmen and fishermen had suffered much more severely, owing chiefly to the parents’ callous indifference to infection.
