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TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery. Hans walked first as was his custom. We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried: "Here are primitive rocks. Now we are in the right way.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:”
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading “TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hans walked first as was his custom.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Here are primitive rocks.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now we are in the right way.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.”
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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 We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Here are primitive rocks.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Hans walked first as was his custom.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
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From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
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From this reading Hans walked first as was his custom.
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
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From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hans walked first as was his custom.
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From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
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From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
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From this reading Hans walked first as was his custom.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Here are primitive rocks.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hans walked first as was his custom.
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From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now we are in the right way.
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From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
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From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
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From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
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From this reading Now we are in the right way.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
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From this reading "Here are primitive rocks.
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From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now we are in the right way.
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From this reading "Here are primitive rocks.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
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From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
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From this reading Hans walked first as was his custom.
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From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hans walked first as was his custom.
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From this reading TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER This time the descent commenced by the new gallery.
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From this reading Now we are in the right way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
at the time that
From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
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From this reading We had not gone a hundred yards when the Professor, moving his lantern along the walls, cried:
