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Chapter XIII
The young man decided the point with apparently superfluous delicacy. "Gibbon, I think." "There used to be so many of them," said Irene gaily. "I used to get them mixed up with each other, and I couldn't tell them from the poets. Should you want to have poetry?"
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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involved with or connected to
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the main matter or purpose being discussed
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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involved with or connected to
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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the main matter or purpose being discussed
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used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
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for that reason; with the result that
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the people or things already mentioned, as the object
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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in the company of; together with
From this reading The young man decided the point with apparently superfluous delicacy.
the person or people being spoken to
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From this reading The young man decided the point with apparently superfluous delicacy.
