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The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium. So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him. But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel. Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder. Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.
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A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading “The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.”
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading “Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.”
considered or classified as
From this reading “Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.”
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him.
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From this reading Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him.
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From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.
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From this reading So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him.
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From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
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From this reading Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
considered or classified as
From this reading Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.
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From this reading Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.
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From this reading Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.
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From this reading So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him.
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From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading Its tensile strength figured nine times greater.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So did the handcuffs and leg-irons that shackled him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
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From this reading Telonium rated harder than steel, seventeen point seven times harder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
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From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the bare metal cot hinged to one wall was of steel.
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From this reading The walls and floor and ceiling and door of Shane's windowless cell all had the cold green glitter of pure telonium.
