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Chapter XXIII
THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross? Ill news travels fast. We shall know full soon. On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears. There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We shall know full soon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall know full soon.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We shall know full soon.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
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From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading Ill news travels fast.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading We shall know full soon.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading Ill news travels fast.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We shall know full soon.
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From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ill news travels fast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall know full soon.
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From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading We shall know full soon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was an apartment at the side of the Boffin mansion, known as Mr Boffin’s room.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
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From this reading Ill news travels fast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall know full soon.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
in the company of; together with
From this reading On that very night of her return from the Happy Return, something chanced which Bella closely followed with her eyes and ears.
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From this reading THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Were Bella Wilfer’s bright and ready little wits at fault, or was the Golden Dustman passing through the furnace of proof and coming out dross?
