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Chapter XXIII
“After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you? And why cannot you be satisfied with me? It would save so much trouble.” Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders. “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
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later than; following
From this reading ““After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.””
to think that something will happen
From this reading ““My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.””
except for; apart from
From this reading “It would save so much trouble.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would save so much trouble.””
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later than; following
From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And why cannot you be satisfied with me?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
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From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
to think that something will happen
From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
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From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would save so much trouble.”
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
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From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And why cannot you be satisfied with me?
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From this reading It would save so much trouble.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
except for; apart from
From this reading It would save so much trouble.”
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From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It would save so much trouble.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “My dear man,” she said, “you could not seriously expect me to fall in love with you.”
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From this reading It would save so much trouble.”
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
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From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
which person or people
From this reading Lady Carey, who was slowly unwinding the white veil from her picture hat, shrugged her shoulders.
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
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From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
in the company of; together with
From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would save so much trouble.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “After all,” said the Prince, looking up from the wine list, “why cannot I be satisfied with you?
