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Chapter II
MRS. MAYCUP. A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know? MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_. (_She produces a bag_).
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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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 A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
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From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
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From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
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From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading MAYCUP.
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From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading MRS.
not any; not one
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
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From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_She produces a bag_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (_She produces a bag_).
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From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS DE M. I _had_ some very pretty ones; but I'm afraid they're all--oh, no, there's just _one_ left--crimson velvet and real _passementerie_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A--you _don't_ happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
