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Chapter XXI
For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters. “We’ve got to bring the Home Up to Date? That’s my idee, George. We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism. I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.”
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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 For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
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From this reading “We’ve got to bring the Home Up to Date?
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From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
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From this reading I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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From this reading I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading That’s my idee, George.
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From this reading I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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From this reading “We’ve got to bring the Home Up to Date?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading “We’ve got to bring the Home Up to Date?
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From this reading I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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From this reading I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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From this reading I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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From this reading That’s my idee, George.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading I’m going to hunt up inventors, make a corner in d’mestic ideas.
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That’s my idee, George.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading That’s my idee, George.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
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From this reading “We’ve got to bring the Home Up to Date?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We got to make a civilised domestic machine out of these relics of barbarism.
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From this reading “We’ve got to bring the Home Up to Date?
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From this reading For a time he displayed something like the zeal of a genuine social reformer in relation to these matters.
