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Chapter XVI
But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time. When will this activity cease? Too soon for me, I dare to say. R. L. S. TO JAMES PAYN _February_ 4_th_, 1890, _SS._ ‘_Lübeck_.’
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Too soon for me, I dare to say.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.”
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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From this reading When will this activity cease?
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From this reading Too soon for me, I dare to say.
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From this reading TO JAMES PAYN _February_ 4_th_, 1890, _SS._ ‘_Lübeck_.’
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Too soon for me, I dare to say.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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From this reading TO JAMES PAYN _February_ 4_th_, 1890, _SS._ ‘_Lübeck_.’
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From this reading TO JAMES PAYN _February_ 4_th_, 1890, _SS._ ‘_Lübeck_.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Too soon for me, I dare to say.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
not any; not one
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading TO JAMES PAYN _February_ 4_th_, 1890, _SS._ ‘_Lübeck_.’
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading R. L. S.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading R. L. S.
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From this reading Too soon for me, I dare to say.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading Too soon for me, I dare to say.
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From this reading TO JAMES PAYN _February_ 4_th_, 1890, _SS._ ‘_Lübeck_.’
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading TO JAMES PAYN _February_ 4_th_, 1890, _SS._ ‘_Lübeck_.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading Too soon for me, I dare to say.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
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From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
at the time that
From this reading When will this activity cease?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading When will this activity cease?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But this is of no interest to you: suffice it, you see how I am as usual up to the neck in projects, and really all likely bairns this time.
