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Chapter XXIX
THE ALARM. Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more. The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack. Imprisonment was doubly hard now. Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.”
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From this reading THE ALARM.
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From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading Imprisonment was doubly hard now.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading Imprisonment was doubly hard now.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading Imprisonment was doubly hard now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
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From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
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From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
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From this reading Day and night Nesis's strange cries of terror rang in his ears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ALARM.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
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From this reading The earth had been filled in, the hole in the floor roughly repaired, and now his jailers took turns in patrolling around the shack.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ambrose was pacing his log prison once more.
