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Chapter IX
A TIME OF TRIAL. "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way. There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things. But there! It's past belief.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A TIME OF TRIAL.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.”
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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 TIME OF TRIAL.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
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From this reading It's past belief.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
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From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
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From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
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From this reading It's past belief.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A TIME OF TRIAL.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's past belief.
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From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
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From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
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From this reading But there!
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From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
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From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A TIME OF TRIAL.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
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From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A TIME OF TRIAL.
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From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
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From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There's no one would be more glad than I if you could find a way to prove that you never touched those things.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "WELL, lad, I am sorry to part with you—more than sorry that we should part in this way.
