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Chapter II
III. The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight. The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness. The masses of shadow were densely black. Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “The masses of shadow were densely black.”
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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 The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading The masses of shadow were densely black.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading The masses of shadow were densely black.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
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From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading III.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
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From this reading The masses of shadow were densely black.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
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From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading The masses of shadow were densely black.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
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From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The masses of shadow were densely black.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where the firelight smote them they merged reluctantly into expositions of the darkest possibilities of umber and burnt sienna and dismal gradations of duskier brown.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The gloom of the place had a unique underground quality which could hardly be compassed elsewhere by the mere exclusion of daylight.
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From this reading The yellow flare from the open door of the furnace seemed chiefly to serve to render visible the surrounding darkness.
