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Chapter V
“You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!” She was particularly positive. “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.” “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?” She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
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later than; following
From this reading ““Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.””
any thing at all
From this reading ““You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.””
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading ““You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!””
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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 “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?”
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From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
later than; following
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
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From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
any thing at all
From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
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From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
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From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
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From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?”
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From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
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From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?”
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From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?”
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From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
not any; not one
From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
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From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
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From this reading She was particularly positive.
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From this reading “That have even perhaps a little, after the warnings, let one down?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
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From this reading She was particularly positive.
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From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was particularly positive.
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From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
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From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took no notice of this coarse pleasantry, she simply adhered to her thesis.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
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From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was particularly positive.
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From this reading “Van on the contrary gives tremendous warnings, makes apologies, in advance, for things that--well, after all, haven’t killed one.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “You haven’t seen me with anything like yours--no, no, never, never!”
