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Chapter VI
“I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all. Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake. What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done? Do you know what sort of character these boys have got? They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?”
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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 What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
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From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
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From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
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From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
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From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
not any; not one
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
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From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
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From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
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From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
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From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
