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Chapter XXXIII
THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock? First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage. Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed. The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again. We had gone backwards instead of forwards!
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We had gone backwards instead of forwards!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?”
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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 First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
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From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading We had gone backwards instead of forwards!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
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From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
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From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
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From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
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From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We had gone backwards instead of forwards!
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading We had gone backwards instead of forwards!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
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From this reading We had gone backwards instead of forwards!
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From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
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From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
above and across; more than
From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
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From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Never had I seen the man so put out of countenance and so disturbed.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
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From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
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From this reading First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fatigues of our passage across, the dangers met, had all to be begun over again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had gone backwards instead of forwards!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY How shall I describe the strange series of passions which in succession shook the breast of Professor Liedenbrock?
