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Chapter XXI
Poor Jack! How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room? The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face. "Hallo!" said Jack, "the house on fire?" "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
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later than; following
From this reading “The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor Jack!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “"Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.”
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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 The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
later than; following
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
next to; at the side of
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading "Hallo!" said Jack, "the house on fire?"
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading "Hallo!" said Jack, "the house on fire?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading "Hallo!" said Jack, "the house on fire?"
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From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
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From this reading Poor Jack!
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From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
above and across; more than
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor Jack!
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From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
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From this reading "Hallo!" said Jack, "the house on fire?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How came he to be in Lady Bell's ball-room?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
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From this reading The morning after she had nearly driven over him he woke to find Leonard Dagle, his friend and fellow lodger, standing beside his bed and looking down at him with a grave smile on his intellectual face.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Not at present," said Leonard, "though it would soon be if you lived in it alone.
