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Chapter VIII
What are ideas? England may yet be ruined by ideas. He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything. He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through. She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “England may yet be ruined by ideas.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “England may yet be ruined by ideas.”
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From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are ideas?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
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From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
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From this reading What are ideas?
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From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
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From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
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From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He ought to have gone to some little GOOD college, good all through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
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From this reading He ought never to have gone to Trinity, that monster packet of everything.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What are ideas?
which person or people
From this reading She ought to have asked some one who KNEW.
but in spite of that
From this reading England may yet be ruined by ideas.
