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Chapter I
Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about! Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess. I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe. I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing. There was the usual news just after Labor Day.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!”
later than; following
From this reading “There was the usual news just after Labor Day.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
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From this reading I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.
later than; following
From this reading There was the usual news just after Labor Day.
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From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
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From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
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From this reading There was the usual news just after Labor Day.
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From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.
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From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
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From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
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From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
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From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
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From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
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From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
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From this reading I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.
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From this reading There was the usual news just after Labor Day.
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From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
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From this reading There was the usual news just after Labor Day.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
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From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
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From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
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From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
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From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
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From this reading I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
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From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
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From this reading There was the usual news just after Labor Day.
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From this reading I know what I wanted to think, but that's different from actually knowing.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was the usual news just after Labor Day.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I kept reading them, but didn't know what to believe.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one ever guessed just how it would come about!
