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a
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aligned
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an
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and
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ascending
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At
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From this reading At length, our spades struck hard oak and iron bands!
bands
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beetle
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From this reading Jupiter, ascending the towering tulip-tree to the seventh limb, dropped the heavy golden beetle precisely through the left eye of a human skull nailed to the bough.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading For two hours we labored beneath the solemn midnight stars.
bough
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bound
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chest
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commanded
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From this reading Legrand drove a peg into the exact spot where the beetle struck the earth, aligned the survey line fifty feet outward, and commanded us to dig with spades.
dig
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dropped
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drove
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earth
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enormous
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exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
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eye
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feet
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fifty
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For
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golden
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hard
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heavy
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hours
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human
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into
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iron
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Jupiter
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labored
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left
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Legrand
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length
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limb
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line
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midnight
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From this reading For two hours we labored beneath the solemn midnight stars.
nailed
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oak
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of
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our
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outward
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peg
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precisely
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rivets
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From this reading We uncovered an enormous wooden chest, bound with wrought-iron rivets.
seventh
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From this reading Jupiter, ascending the towering tulip-tree to the seventh limb, dropped the heavy golden beetle precisely through the left eye of a human skull nailed to the bough.
skull
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solemn
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spades
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spot
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stars
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struck
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survey
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the
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through
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to
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towering
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From this reading Jupiter, ascending the towering tulip-tree to the seventh limb, dropped the heavy golden beetle precisely through the left eye of a human skull nailed to the bough.
tulip-tree
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two
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From this reading For two hours we labored beneath the solemn midnight stars.
uncovered
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us
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we
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From this reading For two hours we labored beneath the solemn midnight stars.
where
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with
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wooden
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From this reading We uncovered an enormous wooden chest, bound with wrought-iron rivets.
wrought-iron
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