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Chapter XVII
Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter. She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment. That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt! He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him. How she hated such Laodicean allies!
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading How she hated such Laodicean allies!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
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From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
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From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
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From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading How she hated such Laodicean allies!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
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From this reading How she hated such Laodicean allies!
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
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From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
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From this reading How she hated such Laodicean allies!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
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From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
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From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
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From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
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From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
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From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading How she hated such Laodicean allies!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That this man could call himself a friend of Hughie, and conceive for one moment the possibility of his guilt!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He pretended to be his intimate, and did not even know him.
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From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
at the time that
From this reading Audrey had been starting for a walk when detained by the interview recorded in the last chapter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She left it burning with indignation and passionate resentment.
