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Chapter XXII
BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day. That night it was more than mysterious. It was sinister. Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues. The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.”
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading “BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.”
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From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
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From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
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From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
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From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
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From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
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From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
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From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
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From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That night it was more than mysterious.
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From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
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From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
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From this reading That night it was more than mysterious.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
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From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
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From this reading That night it was more than mysterious.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
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From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
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From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
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From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
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From this reading It was sinister.
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From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That night it was more than mysterious.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night it was more than mysterious.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BENGAL FIRE The Temple of Mut I think must always be mysterious even by day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The least imaginative of my charges seemed to feel the influence of the place.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Darkness shut us in among the pillars and the black, lion-faced statues.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That night it was more than mysterious.
