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Chapter III
“I went back to my room, feeling stupefied. The little, wizened old man had grown great. He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified. I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind. “‘Is it really so?’
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The little, wizened old man had grown great.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The little, wizened old man had grown great.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.”
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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 He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind.
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From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind.
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
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From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “‘Is it really so?’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “‘Is it really so?’
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From this reading I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
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From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
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From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
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From this reading “‘Is it really so?’
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From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
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From this reading I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind.
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From this reading I shrank, shuddering, from life and my kind.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “‘Is it really so?’
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
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From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
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From this reading He had been metamorphosed under my eyes into a strange visionary symbol; he had come to be the power of gold personified.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went back to my room, feeling stupefied.
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From this reading The little, wizened old man had grown great.
