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Chapter VI
Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard. “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.” Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order. He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!” BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do get me two good places in the second balcony.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.”
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading “BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do get me two good places in the second balcony.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.”
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From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
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From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
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From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
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From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
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From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
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From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
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From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
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From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
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From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
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From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do get me two good places in the second balcony.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hyacinth got up; they looked at each other hard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOOK SECOND XII Hyacinth and his companion took their seats with extreme promptitude before the curtain rose on _The Pearl of Paraguay_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He accompanied it with the injunction, “You had better put in all the fun you can, you know!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Vetch replied that he would do what he could, and three days afterwards he handed his young friend the coveted order.
