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Chapter X
THE BEGINNING OF THE END. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights. The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days. But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----. Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THE BEGINNING OF THE END.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.”
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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 Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
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From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
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From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
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From this reading Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
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From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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From this reading Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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From this reading Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights.
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From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The events chronicled in the foregoing chapters, crowded themselves into the space of three days.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading Saturday, Sunday, Monday, three days; three nights.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But these were exceptional days; life does not move on thus, especially in the usually staid and well regulated town of W----.
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From this reading Men and women are not qualified to run a long, high pressure race.
