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Chapter XIII
MR. GREY'S OPINION OF THE SCARBOROUGH FAMILY. Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so. He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything. "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.”
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything.
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From this reading GREY'S OPINION OF THE SCARBOROUGH FAMILY.
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading GREY'S OPINION OF THE SCARBOROUGH FAMILY.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
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From this reading He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything.
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GREY'S OPINION OF THE SCARBOROUGH FAMILY.
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From this reading GREY'S OPINION OF THE SCARBOROUGH FAMILY.
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
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From this reading GREY'S OPINION OF THE SCARBOROUGH FAMILY.
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From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did not always tell Mr. Jones everything.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GREY'S OPINION OF THE SCARBOROUGH FAMILY.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
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From this reading "So the fellow has hurried up to the governor the moment he came into the house," he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had Augustus been really anxious to see Mr. Grey before Mr. Grey went to his father, he would probably have managed to do so.
