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Chapter XXXIV
Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls. We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners! The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist. Conseil kept still. I stared at the captain.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I stared at the captain.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Conseil kept still.”
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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 The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I stared at the captain.
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From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
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From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I stared at the captain.
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From this reading Conseil kept still.
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
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From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I stared at the captain.
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From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading Conseil kept still.
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading I stared at the captain.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Conseil kept still.
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From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
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From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
