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Chapter XV
Quigg’s title came through his mother. One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony. His father was a Tammany brave. On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall. So he opened a restaurant.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Quigg’s title came through his mother.”
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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 One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading His father was a Tammany brave.
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From this reading Quigg’s title came through his mother.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading His father was a Tammany brave.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Quigg’s title came through his mother.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
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From this reading Quigg’s title came through his mother.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
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From this reading So he opened a restaurant.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading Quigg’s title came through his mother.
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From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
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From this reading So he opened a restaurant.
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From this reading One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he opened a restaurant.
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From this reading His father was a Tammany brave.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On account of the dilution of his heredity he found that he could neither become a reigning potentate nor get a job in the City Hall.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Quigg’s title came through his mother.
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From this reading Quigg’s title came through his mother.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of her ancestors was a Margravine of Saxony.
