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Chapter VIII
An indescribable horror fell upon Dil. The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death. Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing! The morning dawned at last. Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!”
too intense to describe too intense or unusual to describe clearly
From this reading “An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.”
A period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.
From this reading “Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The morning dawned at last.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The morning dawned at last.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.”
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From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
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From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
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From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading The morning dawned at last.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
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From this reading An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
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From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
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From this reading An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
too intense to describe too intense or unusual to describe clearly
From this reading An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.
A period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.
From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The morning dawned at last.
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From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The morning dawned at last.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
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From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
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From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
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From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading An indescribable horror fell upon Dil.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bess had gone off, been swallowed up in it, and there was nothing, nothing!
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From this reading The horror of the solitude that comes of doubt and darkness, the ghost of that final solitude that seems watching at the gates of death.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dil, half-stifled with bad air, and racked with that fearful mental inquisition, collapsed.
