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Chapter XVI
HARRY AND HIS UNCLE. Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress. They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured. "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes. "I should think so, mother."
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I should think so, mother."”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.”
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HARRY AND HIS UNCLE.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
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From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
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From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
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From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
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From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
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From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
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From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
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From this reading HARRY AND HIS UNCLE.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HARRY AND HIS UNCLE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I should think so, mother."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
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From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
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From this reading "I should think so, mother."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
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From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "I should think so, mother."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I should think so, mother."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I should think so, mother."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
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From this reading HARRY AND HIS UNCLE.
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From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harry was kissed all round by the girls, and was congratulated warmly on the heavenly excellence of his mistress.
at the time that
From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They could afford to be generous if he would be good-natured.
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From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Of course you must write to her," said Molly, when he came down-stairs with dry clothes.
