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Chapter VIII
"HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER." Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned. But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him. "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings. And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “"Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.”
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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 Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
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From this reading "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
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From this reading "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
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From this reading And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
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From this reading And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
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From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
above and across; more than
From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
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From this reading And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "HE AROSE AND CAME TO HIS FATHER."
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From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading Major Lovell stayed a week, and Sir Edward seemed the better for his company, as far as his bodily health was concerned.
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From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
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From this reading And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
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From this reading But at heart he was very wretched, and his cousin's influence was not the sort to help him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And come down to our place for Christmas, won't you?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Now, old chap, make haste and get well, and don't moon over yourself and your feelings.
