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Chapter XXII
So it had come at last. Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton. The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody. Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband. Micky whistled softly.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So it had come at last.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.”
every person
From this reading “The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So it had come at last.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.”
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So it had come at last.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
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From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So it had come at last.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
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From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
every person
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So it had come at last.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So it had come at last.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So it had come at last.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
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From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
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From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So it had come at last.
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From this reading Micky whistled softly.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
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From this reading Micky whistled softly.
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From this reading Micky sat staring down at the small paragraph which briefly announced the marriage of Tubby Clare's wealthy widow to Mr. Raymond Ashton.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
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From this reading Mrs. Clare, as all the world knew, inherited something like £90,000 under the will of her late husband.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The ceremony, so the paper declared, which had taken place quietly in Paris would be a complete surprise to everybody.
