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Chapter IX
'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled. 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard. 'We needed him to make our peace with the King. He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake. Of that we were sure.'
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any thing at all
From this reading “'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'We needed him to make our peace with the King.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of that we were sure.'”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.”
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any thing at all
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'We needed him to make our peace with the King.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
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From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'We needed him to make our peace with the King.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'We needed him to make our peace with the King.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'We needed him to make our peace with the King.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of that we were sure.'
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading 'We needed him to make our peace with the King.
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From this reading 'We needed him to make our peace with the King.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of that we were sure.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Of that we were sure.'
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'We needed him to make our peace with the King.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
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From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'How could we have hanged Fulke?' said Sir Richard.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Of that we were sure.'
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'But it hadn't anything to do with his son,' cried Una, startled.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would have betrayed half England for the boy's sake.
