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Chapter IV
"I wonder if you could find out her address?" I asked. "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master. "I'll try," he said. "But I fear I shan't succeed.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I asked.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"I wonder if you could find out her address?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.”
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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 "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I fear I shan't succeed.
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "But I fear I shan't succeed.
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From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
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From this reading "I'll try," he said.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
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From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
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From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll try," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But I fear I shan't succeed.
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From this reading "But I fear I shan't succeed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll try," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "If you could, it would be of very great service to me," and I handed him my card, expressing a hope that he would refrain from mentioning the matter to his master.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I wonder if you could find out her address?"
