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Chapter XXI
“Me only—me and her? Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day. The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh? She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth. And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?””
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Me only—me and her?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
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From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
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From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
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From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
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From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
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From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
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From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
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From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Me only—me and her?
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Me only—me and her?
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From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
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From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
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From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading “Me only—me and her?
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
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From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
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From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
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From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Certainly, I ought to be obliged, even though it is late in the day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’d have worse to tell you, I’m sure, if she could ever bring herself to speak the truth.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The first time you saw her I suppose you told her—that night you went into her box at the theatre, eh?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And do you mean to say you never broke it to your big friend in the chemical line?”
