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Chapter XVI
“Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible! Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?” “To marry on—yes.” She scrutinised me a moment. “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?””
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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 “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
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From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
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From this reading “To marry on—yes.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She scrutinised me a moment.
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From this reading She scrutinised me a moment.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “To marry on—yes.”
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
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From this reading She scrutinised me a moment.
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From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
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From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “You’ve done this as a surprise!” she said, and laughed at my laughter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To marry on—yes.”
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading “Yes,” she said, a little flushed; “but be sensible!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
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From this reading Do you really mean you’ve got a Rise, all at once, of two hundred a year?”
