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Chapter VI
Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together. "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him. "Put a marker here." He moved off to the right. Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “"Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “"Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Put a marker here."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He moved off to the right.”
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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 "Put a marker here."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
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From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
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From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
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From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
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From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
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From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
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From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Put a marker here."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
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From this reading "Put a marker here."
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From this reading He moved off to the right.
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From this reading He moved off to the right.
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From this reading "Put a marker here."
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From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He moved off to the right.
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From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
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From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
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From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
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From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
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From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
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From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Forty-seven below," he said to the soldier behind him.
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From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
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From this reading Teddy Gerrod straightened up and beat his hands together.
in or at the place that
From this reading Already a dozen little flags showed where the temperature reached that degree.
