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Chapter XXI
ANOTHER LIGHT-RAY! The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me. "Something was wrong," Mercer had said. And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over. We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “ANOTHER LIGHT-RAY!”
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading “We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.”
demanded something firmly
From this reading “And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “"Something was wrong," Mercer had said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.”
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading “The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
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From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ANOTHER LIGHT-RAY!
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
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From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
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From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
demanded something firmly
From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
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From this reading ANOTHER LIGHT-RAY!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
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From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
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From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
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From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
above and across; more than
From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
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From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading "Something was wrong," Mercer had said.
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From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Something was wrong," Mercer had said.
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From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
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From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
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From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then they had insisted on staying there, and had sent the girls back to tell me to come over.
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading The news that Mercer and Anina had been left in the Twilight Country completely dumfounded Miela and me.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Something was wrong," Mercer had said.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We could make nothing of it, nor did the half hour of argument into which we immediately plunged further enlighten us.
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From this reading "Something was wrong," Mercer had said.
