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Chapter XVIII
AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras. I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way. He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand. "Glad to see you, Hardross! These your things?
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.”
looking closely or carefully
From this reading “I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These your things?”
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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 He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
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From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading "Glad to see you, Hardross!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
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From this reading "Glad to see you, Hardross!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
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From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
looking closely or carefully
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading "Glad to see you, Hardross!
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
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From this reading AN AFFAIR OF STATE My cousin met me at St. Pancras.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These your things?
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From this reading These your things?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Glad to see you, Hardross!
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From this reading He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
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From this reading I saw him before my own carriage had reached the platform, peering into the window of every compartment in his short-sighted way.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He recognized me at last with a little wave of the hand.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Glad to see you, Hardross!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading These your things?
