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Chapter XXIII
_Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it. _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers. Maida could not quell them. The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all. But there were Earth men among us.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.”
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “But there were Earth men among us.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Maida could not quell them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “_Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.”
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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 revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
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From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading But there were Earth men among us.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there were Earth men among us.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Maida could not quell them.
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From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
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From this reading But there were Earth men among us.
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From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading Maida could not quell them.
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From this reading But there were Earth men among us.
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From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
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From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Maida could not quell them.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
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From this reading Maida could not quell them.
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From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
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From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
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From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
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From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
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From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
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From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Maida could not quell them.
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From this reading But there were Earth men among us.
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From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The revolt which she had started against Tarrano seemed now a self-created monster to destroy us all.
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From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Slaans_ in murderous frenzy were plunging through the throng of erstwhile revelers.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Attack on the Palace_ I must take you back now to the Water Festival and the events in the Great City which followed it.
