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Chapter IV
_Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead. We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture. Elza knelt there sobbing. Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief. Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.”
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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 Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading _Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead.
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From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading _Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead.
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From this reading Elza knelt there sobbing.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading _Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead.
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From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading Elza knelt there sobbing.
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From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
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From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading _Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading Elza knelt there sobbing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading Elza knelt there sobbing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
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From this reading Then she stood up, her tears checked; and on her face a look of pathetic determination to repress her grief.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Outlawed Flight_ Dr. Brende was dead.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We knew it in the moment that followed our sudden assault and capture.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
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From this reading Now that we had yielded, the Venus men, searching us for our weapons, cast us loose.
