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Chapter XXIV
LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible. No words could tell it. I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst. Mechanically I swept the ground with my hands. How dry and hard the rock seemed to me!
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “No words could tell it.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Mechanically I swept the ground with my hands.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Mechanically I swept the ground with my hands.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How dry and hard the rock seemed to me!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No words could tell it.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.”
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From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
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From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
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From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No words could tell it.
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From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
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From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
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From this reading How dry and hard the rock seemed to me!
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From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
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From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
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From this reading Mechanically I swept the ground with my hands.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Mechanically I swept the ground with my hands.
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From this reading How dry and hard the rock seemed to me!
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From this reading How dry and hard the rock seemed to me!
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From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
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From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No words could tell it.
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From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
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From this reading Mechanically I swept the ground with my hands.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
not any; not one
From this reading No words could tell it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
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From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
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From this reading How dry and hard the rock seemed to me!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How dry and hard the rock seemed to me!
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From this reading Mechanically I swept the ground with my hands.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No words could tell it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
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From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.
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From this reading No words could tell it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH To describe my despair would be impossible.
