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Chapter I
The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed. "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested. "Oh, I'd go as a drummer-boy. I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return. Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.”
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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 "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh, I'd go as a drummer-boy.
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From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
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From this reading The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed.
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From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
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From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
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From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, I'd go as a drummer-boy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
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From this reading "Oh, I'd go as a drummer-boy.
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From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
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From this reading "Oh, I'd go as a drummer-boy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed.
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From this reading The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed.
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From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
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From this reading The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed.
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From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
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From this reading "Oh, I'd go as a drummer-boy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
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From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
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From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
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From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
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From this reading I'd look fine in uniform, wouldn't I?" the waitress simpered in return.
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From this reading "You'd have to come and be a nurse," he suggested.
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From this reading The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed.
