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Chapter VII
'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.' 'Indeed we are,' said Fausta, 'and heartily do we thank you. One thing more would I ask. What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith? Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One thing more would I ask.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One thing more would I ask.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “One thing more would I ask.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
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From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
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From this reading One thing more would I ask.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
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From this reading What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith?
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From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'Indeed we are,' said Fausta, 'and heartily do we thank you.
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From this reading What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith?
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From this reading 'Indeed we are,' said Fausta, 'and heartily do we thank you.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
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From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Indeed we are,' said Fausta, 'and heartily do we thank you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
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From this reading 'Indeed we are,' said Fausta, 'and heartily do we thank you.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
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From this reading One thing more would I ask.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One thing more would I ask.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Indeed we are,' said Fausta, 'and heartily do we thank you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing more would I ask.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What think you of the prospects of the Christian faith?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Are the common reports of its rapid ascendency to be heeded?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading 'Indeed we are,' said Fausta, 'and heartily do we thank you.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading One thing more would I ask.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'My friends,' said the princess, 'are, I am sure, grateful for what you have said, and they have heard.'
