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Chapter XVI
THE PROPHET OF DOOM. A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, . . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided. The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him. He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading “. and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.”
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading “A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, .”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “. and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.”
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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 A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, .
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading THE PROPHET OF DOOM.
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, .
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
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From this reading A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, .
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, .
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From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, .
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PROPHET OF DOOM.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading THE PROPHET OF DOOM.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
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From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading A few slow, dreadful minutes elapsed, .
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
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From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PROPHET OF DOOM.
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From this reading . and then,--then the first sharpness of his strange mental agony subsided.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
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From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
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From this reading The strained tension of his nerves gave way, and a dull apathy of grief inconsolable settled upon him.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He felt himself to be a man mysteriously accurst,--banished as it were out of life, and stripped of all he had once held dear and valuable.
