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Chapter XXIII
THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain. If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end. And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain! I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had. But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?”
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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 And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
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From this reading I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
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From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
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From this reading And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
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From this reading I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.
not any; not one
From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.
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From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.
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From this reading And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading I had become quite a Liedenbrock in my reasonings; seriously I had.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
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From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
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From this reading And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain!
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From this reading If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end.
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From this reading THE WORST PERIL OF ALL It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But would this state of things last in the strange place we had come to?
