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Chapter V
"Oh!" "'We shall be glad if you will join us.' If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is. And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here." "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
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any thing at all
From this reading “"You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"'We shall be glad if you will join us.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
any thing at all
From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
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From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
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From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
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From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
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From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
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From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
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From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
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From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
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From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
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From this reading "Oh!"
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
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From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
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From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
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From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
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From this reading "You know perfectly well that I could not possibly do anything else, Hennie.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading If that isn't an invitation I'd like to know what it is.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I heard you say it with my own two ears,--moi qui vous parle, as we say here."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'We shall be glad if you will join us.'
