A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIII
THE FIRST HALF-HOUR. What had happened? What effect had this frightful shock produced? Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result? Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE FIRST HALF-HOUR.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result?
the past participle of “be”
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From this reading Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result?
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From this reading Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
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From this reading What effect had this frightful shock produced?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FIRST HALF-HOUR.
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From this reading What effect had this frightful shock produced?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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From this reading THE FIRST HALF-HOUR.
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From this reading Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result?
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From this reading Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
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From this reading Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
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From this reading What effect had this frightful shock produced?
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From this reading Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result?
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From this reading Had the ingenuity of the constructors of the projectile obtained any happy result?
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From this reading What effect had this frightful shock produced?
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From this reading Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
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From this reading Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST HALF-HOUR.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What effect had this frightful shock produced?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
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From this reading Had the shock been deadened, thanks to the springs, the four plugs, the water-cushions, and the partition-breaks?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had happened?
