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Chapter XXVI
“Here’s paper, here’s pens,” he said. “You can prepare your defence. You may write letters. Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds. I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “You may write letters.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.”
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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 I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “You can prepare your defence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
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From this reading “You can prepare your defence.
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From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
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From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
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From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Here’s paper, here’s pens,” he said.
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From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
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From this reading “Here’s paper, here’s pens,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
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From this reading You may write letters.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You may write letters.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
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From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s paper, here’s pens,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s paper, here’s pens,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You can prepare your defence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here’s paper, here’s pens,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
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From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’ll run a letter down to your people fast as the devil could take it.
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From this reading Oh, hell! why did not they let it come sooner, I’d have had your thousand pounds.
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From this reading You may write letters.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You can prepare your defence.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You can prepare your defence.
