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Chapter VIII
So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me. “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?” I began. “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child. “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I began.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?””
not one, and not any
From this reading ““None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
but in spite of that
From this reading ““We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.”
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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 “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I began.
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From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
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From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
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From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
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From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
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From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
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From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
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From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
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From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
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From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
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From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
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From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
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From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
not one, and not any
From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
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From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
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From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
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From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I went on my lonely way, and, on reaching the Hall, I found Lady Muriel standing at the garden-gate waiting for me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
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From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “None _whatever_!” she replied, with the joyous laugh of a child.
but in spite of that
From this reading “We _give_ people what they haven’t got: we _wish_ for something that is yet to come.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “No need to _give_ you joy, or to _wish_ you joy?”
