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Chapter XX
LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older. An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life. All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him. Some way, somehow, he seemed to have suffered shipwreck! There was poison in his system!
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading There was poison in his system!
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading Some way, somehow, he seemed to have suffered shipwreck!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading Some way, somehow, he seemed to have suffered shipwreck!
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From this reading Some way, somehow, he seemed to have suffered shipwreck!
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading Some way, somehow, he seemed to have suffered shipwreck!
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From this reading There was poison in his system!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading There was poison in his system!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
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From this reading LIKE A TRAPPED ANIMAL Macheson in those days felt himself rapidly growing older.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was poison in his system!
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From this reading Some way, somehow, he seemed to have suffered shipwreck!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
which person or people
From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
in the company of; together with
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All that wonderful enthusiasm, that undaunted courage with which he had faced coldness and ridicule in the earlier days of his self-chosen vocation seemed to have left him.
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From this reading An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life.
