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Chapter XVI
Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder. Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm. The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning. The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder. In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.”
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading “In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.”
a loud ringing burst of sound
From this reading “Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.”
during the time that
From this reading “The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.”
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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 sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
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From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
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From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
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From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
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From this reading In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
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From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
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From this reading In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
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From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
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From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
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From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
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From this reading In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
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From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
a loud ringing burst of sound
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
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From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
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From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
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From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
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From this reading In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.
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From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
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From this reading Absorbed in his task, he had not noticed the gathering storm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ground beneath his feet seemed almost to shake beneath that second peal of thunder.
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From this reading Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
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From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
during the time that
From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sky was black with clouds, riven even while he looked with a vivid flash of forked lightning.
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From this reading In the stillness that followed he heard the cry of a woman in distress.
