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During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable. Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself. “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said. “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.” So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
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all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.”
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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 Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
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From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
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From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
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From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
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From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
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From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
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From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
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From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
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From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
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From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
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From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
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From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
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From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
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From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
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From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
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From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
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From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
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From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
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From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So Mrs. Morel bought him elixir of vitriol, his favourite first medicine.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
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From this reading During the next week Morel’s temper was almost unbearable.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s a winder as we canna ha’e a sup i’ th’ ’ouse.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Like all miners, he was a great lover of medicines, which, strangely enough, he would often pay for himself.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You mun get me a drop o’ laxy vitral,” he said.
