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Chapter XIV
I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee. Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody. There was a lot of drunken talking. “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said. “Go on, tell him.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.”
every person
From this reading “Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.”
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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 Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
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From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
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From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
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From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
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From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
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From this reading There was a lot of drunken talking.
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From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
every person
From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
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From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
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From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
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From this reading “Go on, tell him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
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From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
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From this reading There was a lot of drunken talking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Go on, tell him.
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From this reading Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody.
above and across; more than
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a lot of drunken talking.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell him I think writing is lousy,” Bill said.
