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Chapter VII
The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants. The underbrush rose up over our heads. We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug. Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller. It took us no more than a minute to diminish.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The underbrush rose up over our heads.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.”
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading “We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It took us no more than a minute to diminish.”
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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 We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
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From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
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From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
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From this reading It took us no more than a minute to diminish.
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From this reading We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
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From this reading We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
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From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
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From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
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From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
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From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
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From this reading The underbrush rose up over our heads.
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From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
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From this reading It took us no more than a minute to diminish.
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From this reading It took us no more than a minute to diminish.
not any; not one
From this reading It took us no more than a minute to diminish.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The underbrush rose up over our heads.
above and across; more than
From this reading The underbrush rose up over our heads.
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From this reading The underbrush rose up over our heads.
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From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
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From this reading We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It took us no more than a minute to diminish.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
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From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took us no more than a minute to diminish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Glora showed us how to touch it to our tongue several times, to adjust our size as we became smaller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The underbrush rose up over our heads.
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From this reading The underbrush rose up over our heads.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The trees around us expanded to towering forest giants.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had taken a taste of the diminishing drug.
