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Chapter XXII
TANTALIZING, VERY. They looked at one another again with a wild surmise. The voice was as the voice of some long past age. Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English? Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The voice was as the voice of some long past age.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.”
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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 They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
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From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
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From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
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From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
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From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
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From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
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From this reading TANTALIZING, VERY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading TANTALIZING, VERY.
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From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The voice was as the voice of some long past age.
which person or people
From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They looked at one another again with a wild surmise.
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From this reading Even M. Peyron, who at first had received the strange discovery with incredulity, woke up before long to the importance of this sudden and unexpected revelation.
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From this reading Could the parrot be speaking to them in the words of seventeenth-century English?
