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Chapter IX
"You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough." Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret. But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange. When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why. They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
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any thing at all
From this reading “"You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.”
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading “They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
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From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
any thing at all
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
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From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
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From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
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From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
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From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
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From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
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From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
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From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
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From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
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From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
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From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
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From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
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From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
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From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
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From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Norah tells me that that really _is_ his secret.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
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From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
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From this reading They must be precious fools if they want to do it and don't find out how.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
at the time that
From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
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From this reading But, he said, the whole thing was as calculable as any successful deal on the Stock Exchange.
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From this reading When you asked him: "Then why can't other people do it?" he said: "God knows why.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
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From this reading "You can do anything, Furnival," he said, "if you're only funny enough."
