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Chapter XXI
OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia. St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea. Tea. In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven. "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.”
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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 St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
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From this reading "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
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From this reading "Two lumps?" pursued Olivia.
in or at the place that
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
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From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a world where the essentials and the inessentials are so deliciously confused, to think that tea, with some one else, can be a kind of Heaven.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading St. George brought a deck cushion and tucked it in the willow steamer chair and said adoringly that he would have tea.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading OPEN SECRETS "Will you have tea?" asked Olivia.
