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Chapter IV
The narrative finished, Varney rose. "Thanks, I have got it all clear. Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours. As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you. We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Thanks, I have got it all clear.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.”
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From this reading "Thanks, I have got it all clear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
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From this reading "Thanks, I have got it all clear.
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From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
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From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
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From this reading The narrative finished, Varney rose.
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From this reading "Thanks, I have got it all clear.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Thanks, I have got it all clear.
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From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Thanks, I have got it all clear.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Thanks, I have got it all clear.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
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From this reading The narrative finished, Varney rose.
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From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
above and across; more than
From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
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From this reading The narrative finished, Varney rose.
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
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From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
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From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
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From this reading "Thanks, I have got it all clear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The narrative finished, Varney rose.
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
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From this reading The narrative finished, Varney rose.
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From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Now, all this will want thinking over, and it will take me some hours.
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From this reading We don't often see you at the Savage, Mr Wingate, or we might meet there."
in the company of; together with
From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
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From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading As soon as I have established something to work upon I will communicate with you.
