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I expected trouble when I left the bridge. The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence. The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway. Oddly silent, I thought; something was brewing. I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I expected trouble when I left the bridge.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Oddly silent, I thought; something was brewing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oddly silent, I thought; something was brewing.”
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading Oddly silent, I thought; something was brewing.
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From this reading I expected trouble when I left the bridge.
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From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
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From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading I expected trouble when I left the bridge.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I expected trouble when I left the bridge.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I expected trouble when I left the bridge.
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From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
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From this reading The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading Oddly silent, I thought; something was brewing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.
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From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
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From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.
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From this reading The ship was silent as I moved along the passageway.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Oddly silent, I thought; something was brewing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I expected trouble when I left the bridge.
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From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oddly silent, I thought; something was brewing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
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From this reading I expected trouble when I left the bridge.
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From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
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From this reading I stopped before the door of my cabin, listening; then I put my ear to the wall.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
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From this reading The tension that had been building for many weeks was ready for release in violence.
at the time that
From this reading I expected trouble when I left the bridge.
