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Chapter I
‘What cases are you engaged in at present?’ ‘Are you stopping many teeth just now?’ ‘What people have you converted lately?’ Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties? I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “‘What people have you converted lately?’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘What cases are you engaged in at present?’
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘What cases are you engaged in at present?’
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘What people have you converted lately?’
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From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘What cases are you engaged in at present?’
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From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
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From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
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From this reading ‘Are you stopping many teeth just now?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading ‘What people have you converted lately?’
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading ‘Are you stopping many teeth just now?’
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
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From this reading ‘Are you stopping many teeth just now?’
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From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading ‘What people have you converted lately?’
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From this reading ‘What cases are you engaged in at present?’
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading ‘Are you stopping many teeth just now?’
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From this reading ‘Are you stopping many teeth just now?’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
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From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What cases are you engaged in at present?’
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I do not know whether ladies thus indicate their interest in the occupations of their casual neighbours at the hospitable board.
which person or people
From this reading Do ladies put these questions to the men--lawyers, dentists, clergymen, and so forth--who happen to sit next them at dinner parties?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘What cases are you engaged in at present?’
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