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Chapter XVI
THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile. And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected. Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter? And was all danger over?
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?”
above and across; more than
From this reading “And was all danger over?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?”
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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 And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected.
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From this reading And was all danger over?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
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From this reading And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected.
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From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
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From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
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From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
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From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
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From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
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From this reading THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
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From this reading And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected.
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From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
above and across; more than
From this reading And was all danger over?
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From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
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From this reading Exceedingly narrow and exceedingly fortunate had been the escape of the Projectile.
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From this reading THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.
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From this reading And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected.
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From this reading And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected.
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From this reading And from a danger too the most unlikely and the most unexpected.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And was all danger over?
which person or people
From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Who would have ever dreamed of even the possibility of such an encounter?
