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Chapter XV
“Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!” Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat. “You mean by coming to a place like this?” Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant. “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!””
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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 “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
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From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
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From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
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From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
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From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
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From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
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From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
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From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
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From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
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From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
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From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
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From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
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From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
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From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
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From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
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From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
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From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
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From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
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From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
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From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
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From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
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From this reading Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
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From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”
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From this reading “Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You mean by coming to a place like this?”
