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Chapter XVI
THE ARMY’S PLANS. Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial. “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars. “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch. I can scarcely believe it now, I think;” and he smiled.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can scarcely believe it now, I think;” and he smiled.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading THE ARMY’S PLANS.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can scarcely believe it now, I think;” and he smiled.
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From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
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From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading I can scarcely believe it now, I think;” and he smiled.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
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From this reading THE ARMY’S PLANS.
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From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading I can scarcely believe it now, I think;” and he smiled.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ARMY’S PLANS.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can scarcely believe it now, I think;” and he smiled.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading Nikolitch was as glad to meet me as I to welcome him, and our mutual greeting was very warm and cordial.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
at the time that
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
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From this reading “That was why I wrote on my card that I came from Colonel Petrosch.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I could scarcely believe it was really you, Bergwyn,” he said, when we were through with the hand-shaking and had lighted our cigars.
