Chapter XXIV · Pisgah

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading He was a very much occupied man.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

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From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

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From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He was a very much occupied man.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

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From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading He was a very much occupied man.

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading He was a very much occupied man.

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From this reading He was a very much occupied man.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

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From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

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From this reading Old Mr. Tempest died suddenly, so Leslie came down to inhabit “Highclose.”

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Very often he was in Germany or in the South of England engaged on business.

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

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From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

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From this reading He was a very much occupied man.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

at the time that

From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.

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From this reading At home he was unfailingly attentive to his wife and his two children.

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From this reading When her eldest boy was three years old Lettie returned to live at Eberwich.