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Chapter XVIII
Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm. Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger. Then she turned haughtily. We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away. The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
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From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
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From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
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From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
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From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
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From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
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From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
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From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
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From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
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From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
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From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
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From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
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From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
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From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
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From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
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From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
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From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
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From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
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From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
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From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
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From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
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From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
