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Chapter IV
‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said. He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit. ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before. Have you?’ ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.”
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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 ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
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From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
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From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
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From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
not any; not one
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
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From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had called her Delicia from childhood, and he did not care, at the age of sixty-five, to break himself of the pleasant habit.
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From this reading ‘Not a very distinguished audience, is it, Delicia?’ he said.
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From this reading ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘No,’ she replied, with a faint smile; ‘I have never been here before.
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From this reading ‘Oh, yes, often; and so has my wife.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you?’
