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Chapter XI
“I might have sent YOU to the house? Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures. I run them less and less together. I get all I can out of each.” “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I might have sent YOU to the house?”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ““I might have sent YOU to the house?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.”
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From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
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From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
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From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
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From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
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From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
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From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
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From this reading I run them less and less together.
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From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
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From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
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From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
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From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
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From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I run them less and less together.
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From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I run them less and less together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
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From this reading I run them less and less together.
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From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
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From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
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From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
