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Chapter XXXIII
THE WANDERING JEW. “It was midnight, and sultry as hell. All day not a breath had stirred. The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it. My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.”
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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 All day not a breath had stirred.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
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From this reading All day not a breath had stirred.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “It was midnight, and sultry as hell.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “It was midnight, and sultry as hell.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading All day not a breath had stirred.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
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From this reading All day not a breath had stirred.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All day not a breath had stirred.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading “It was midnight, and sultry as hell.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It was midnight, and sultry as hell.
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From this reading THE WANDERING JEW.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading “It was midnight, and sultry as hell.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All day not a breath had stirred.
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From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
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From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading All day not a breath had stirred.
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From this reading “It was midnight, and sultry as hell.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WANDERING JEW.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
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From this reading THE WANDERING JEW.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It was midnight, and sultry as hell.
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From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it.
which person or people
From this reading My heart had almost ceased to beat, and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright, and labours in his dreams.
