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Chapter XVI
“A nice, well-behaved Royal Family.” There had been several of them in Europe for some time. An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity. The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books. Some, however, had not.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “There had been several of them in Europe for some time.”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “Some, however, had not.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There had been several of them in Europe for some time.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There had been several of them in Europe for some time.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.”
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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 “A nice, well-behaved Royal Family.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading “A nice, well-behaved Royal Family.”
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Some, however, had not.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading “A nice, well-behaved Royal Family.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Some, however, had not.
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From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
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From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading “A nice, well-behaved Royal Family.”
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From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
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From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been several of them in Europe for some time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading An appreciable number of them had prided themselves, even a shade ostentatiously, upon their domesticity.
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From this reading The moral views of a few had been believed to border upon the high principles inscribed in copy books.
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From this reading “A nice, well-behaved Royal Family.”
