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Chapter VI
Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again. So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan. The date of the letter was ten months back. Then the radio message had probably come from the other side. And why had it been sent?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.”
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From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
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From this reading The date of the letter was ten months back.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
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From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.
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From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
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From this reading The date of the letter was ten months back.
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From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.
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From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading The date of the letter was ten months back.
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From this reading The date of the letter was ten months back.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.
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From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
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From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
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From this reading Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.
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From this reading Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.
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From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading And why had it been sent?
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From this reading Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
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From this reading The date of the letter was ten months back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fowler Recovers I read it in the faint glow of the phosphorescent globe, and read it again.
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From this reading Then the radio message had probably come from the other side.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So Austen was beyond the crescent, if he had been able to carry out his plan.
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From this reading And why had it been sent?
