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Chapter XXV
THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say. I had no means now of taking account of time. Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken. After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
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later than; following
From this reading “After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had no means now of taking account of time.”
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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 After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
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From this reading I had no means now of taking account of time.
later than; following
From this reading After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
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From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
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From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
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From this reading After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
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From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
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From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
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From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
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From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
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From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
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From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
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From this reading After my fall I had lost a good deal of blood.
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From this reading I had no means now of taking account of time.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
not any; not one
From this reading I had no means now of taking account of time.
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From this reading I had no means now of taking account of time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
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From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
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From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
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From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
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From this reading I had no means now of taking account of time.
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From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had no means now of taking account of time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
at the time that
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
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From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears.
