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Chapter XVI
The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered. “Good morning, Ambrose!” she said. “Do you want to talk to me?” “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested. “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Good morning, Ambrose!” she said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Good morning, Ambrose!” she said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t think that I need keep you longer.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I don’t think that I need keep you longer.””
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From this reading “Good morning, Ambrose!” she said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you want to talk to me?”
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From this reading “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
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From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested.
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From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good morning, Ambrose!” she said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested.
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From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
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From this reading “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Do you want to talk to me?”
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From this reading “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good morning, Ambrose!” she said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading “Good morning, Ambrose!” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Good morning, Ambrose!” she said.
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From this reading “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested.
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From this reading “If you can spare me five minutes,” the Duke suggested.
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From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading “Do you want to talk to me?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t think that I need keep you longer.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading “Do you want to talk to me?”
which person or people
From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
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From this reading The Duchess looked up from her writing table and nodded to her husband, who had just entered.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you want to talk to me?”
