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Chapter XXI
“To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading. I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.” Esther made a little grimace. “Look at the sunshine,” she said. “There isn’t a breath of wind, either.
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From this reading “I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.””
one or the other of two
From this reading ““There isn’t a breath of wind, either.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.””
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Esther made a little grimace.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Look at the sunshine,” she said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There isn’t a breath of wind, either.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.””
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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 I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
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From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
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From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
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From this reading “There isn’t a breath of wind, either.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
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From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
one or the other of two
From this reading “There isn’t a breath of wind, either.
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From this reading Esther made a little grimace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Esther made a little grimace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
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From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
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From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
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From this reading “There isn’t a breath of wind, either.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Esther made a little grimace.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look at the sunshine,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Esther made a little grimace.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look at the sunshine,” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Look at the sunshine,” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Look at the sunshine,” she said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There isn’t a breath of wind, either.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “To-day,” Hamel declared, as he stood at the sideboard the following morning at breakfast-time and helped himself to bacon and eggs, “I am positively going to begin reading.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There isn’t a breath of wind, either.
but in spite of that
From this reading I have a case full of books down at the Tower which I haven’t unpacked yet.”
