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Chapter XXVII
CHESIL. The storm was no less severe on land than on sea. The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child. The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces. Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.”
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From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
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From this reading CHESIL.
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From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
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From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
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From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
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From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
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From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
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From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
not any; not one
From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
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From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
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From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
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From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
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From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
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From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
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From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
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From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Shadows discern not, and things inanimate have not the clemency they are supposed to possess.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The storm was no less severe on land than on sea.
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From this reading The weak and innocent become their sport in the expenditure of the unreasoning rage of their blind forces.
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From this reading The same wild enfranchisement of the elements had taken place around the abandoned child.
