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Chapter II
"Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other. "I didn't know you had joined." "Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me." "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility." "Oh, the--the fun!" exclaimed the second lady.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I didn't know you had joined."”
not one, and not any
From this reading “"That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “"Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, the--the fun!" exclaimed the second lady.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."”
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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 "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
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From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I didn't know you had joined."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, the--the fun!" exclaimed the second lady.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I didn't know you had joined."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I didn't know you had joined."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I didn't know you had joined."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I didn't know you had joined."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, the--the fun!" exclaimed the second lady.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."
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From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
not one, and not any
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, the--the fun!" exclaimed the second lady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's not fair; you have all the fun and none of the responsibility."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Oh, I haven't; nothing would induce me."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you a member?" one of the ladies said to the other.
