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Chapter V
"Oh, Alph! He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George. More moral though. I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing. I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “More moral though.”
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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 He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
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From this reading "Oh, Alph!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
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From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
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From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
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From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
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From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
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From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
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From this reading More moral though.
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From this reading More moral though.
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From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
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From this reading "Oh, Alph!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
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From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading More moral though.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have known him to lie out half the night on a club-divan, saying nothing, doing nothing, not even smoking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's a deuced handsome chap, too, but not such a universal favourite as George.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think his sole vice is an inordinate love of doing nothing.
