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Chapter XXII
THE CLAN AGAIN. Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation. They would have preferred separate and individual treatment. Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day. Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE CLAN AGAIN.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.”
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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 Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CLAN AGAIN.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
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From this reading THE CLAN AGAIN.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
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From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
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From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
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From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
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From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
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From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
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From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
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From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CLAN AGAIN.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Each one received a letter, inviting him or her to the hotel on the afternoon of such a day.
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From this reading Once more the relations met together, this time by invitation.
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From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
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From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
at the time that
From this reading Each came expectant, hopeful, confident; and their faces dropped when they found, each in turn, that all had been invited together.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They would have preferred separate and individual treatment.
