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Chapter VI
MURIEL August, 1920 XXXVIII Marshington was triumphant. The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment. It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty. The war and all the inconvenience of war-time was past. The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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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 The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The war and all the inconvenience of war-time was past.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading MURIEL August, 1920 XXXVIII Marshington was triumphant.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading MURIEL August, 1920 XXXVIII Marshington was triumphant.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading The war and all the inconvenience of war-time was past.
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From this reading The months following the armistice, months of intoxicating rapture, disorganization, irritating delays, and disillusionment, had gone.
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From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading MURIEL August, 1920 XXXVIII Marshington was triumphant.
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From this reading The war and all the inconvenience of war-time was past.
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From this reading The war and all the inconvenience of war-time was past.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MURIEL August, 1920 XXXVIII Marshington was triumphant.
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From this reading The garden fête for the British Legion to be held in the park of the Weare Grange meant far more than a local entertainment.
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From this reading MURIEL August, 1920 XXXVIII Marshington was triumphant.
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From this reading It meant the final abandonment of six years' gloom and difficulty.
