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Chapter VIII
Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now. There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it. I can't attack them without arousing the Masters. Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this. I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
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acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.”
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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 I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
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From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
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From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
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From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
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From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
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From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
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From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
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From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
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From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
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From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
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From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
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From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
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From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
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From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
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From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
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From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
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From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
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From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
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From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
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From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
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From this reading I didn't know I had telepathic powers._ Dark: _A good many people have them, potentially.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
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From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Soon, though._ Maya: _I don't know how I'm doing this.
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From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I can't attack them without arousing the Masters.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Maya: _Can you free me?_ Dark: _Not now.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There are four Toughs outside your door, guarding it.
