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Chapter XXIV
THE ENGLISHMAN WITH A “HAW!” “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?” “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.” “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!” “Just thirteen feet, three inches further, sir.”
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Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading ““Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?””
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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 ENGLISHMAN WITH A “HAW!”
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From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
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From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN WITH A “HAW!”
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
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From this reading “Just thirteen feet, three inches further, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN WITH A “HAW!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just thirteen feet, three inches further, sir.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, don’t ye know, that’s almost as far as it is from Lun’nun to Oxford, bah Jove!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN WITH A “HAW!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just thirteen feet, three inches further, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just thirteen feet, three inches further, sir.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN WITH A “HAW!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thirty-nine miles, two hundred and fifty yards, fifty-six feet and eleven inches is the exact record, sir.”
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “Haw, ye don’t mean to say the blawsted thing will fire a shot forty miles?”
