CHAPTER 15 WE CONTINUE OUR DESCENT At eight o'clock the next morning, a faint kind of dawn of day awoke us.
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HUNGER Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness! The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind. Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant. I was likely to understand it now. And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
From this reading “HUNGER Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
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From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
From this reading HUNGER Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HUNGER Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I was likely to understand it now.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
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From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
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From this reading I was likely to understand it now.
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From this reading HUNGER Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness!
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From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
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From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
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From this reading I was likely to understand it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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From this reading HUNGER Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness!
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From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
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From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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From this reading HUNGER Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was likely to understand it now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was likely to understand it now.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was likely to understand it now.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
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From this reading The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet, three months before I could tell my terrible story of starvation, as I thought it.
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