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“I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating.... After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep. I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do. One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party. Liberalism was swirling in like a flood....
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do.”
later than; following
From this reading “After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.”
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading “After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.”
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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 One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do.
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From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
later than; following
From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
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From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading Liberalism was swirling in like a flood....
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
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From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do.
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From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
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From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
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From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Liberalism was swirling in like a flood....
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
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From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
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From this reading Liberalism was swirling in like a flood....
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From this reading I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liberalism was swirling in like a flood....
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
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From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
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From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do.
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From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
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From this reading Liberalism was swirling in like a flood....
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
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From this reading One hadn't anticipated quite such a tremendous accession to power for one's party.
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From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I would lie and speculate about what it was we WERE going to do.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
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From this reading “I wonder just what we shall do with it all,” I heard one sceptic speculating....
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading After these orgies I would get home very tired and excited, and find it difficult to get to sleep.
