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Chapter III
Then, abruptly, Benham comes back to his theory. “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience. That is what I am driving at in all this. The bark of danger is worse than its bite. Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
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used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.”
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From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
in or near a particular place or position
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
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From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
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From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
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From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then, abruptly, Benham comes back to his theory.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
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From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The bark of danger is worse than its bite.
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From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
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From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
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From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The bark of danger is worse than its bite.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
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From this reading Then, abruptly, Benham comes back to his theory.
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From this reading Then, abruptly, Benham comes back to his theory.
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From this reading Inside the portals there may be events and destruction, but terror stays defeated at the door.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, abruptly, Benham comes back to his theory.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That is what I am driving at in all this.
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From this reading The bark of danger is worse than its bite.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Fear, you see, is the inevitable janitor, but it is not the ruler of experience.
