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Chapter III
Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita. Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace. The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside. Davis and Nita, however, were utterly uninterested in such things. They gazed upon each other and smiled, and smiled.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “Davis and Nita, however, were utterly uninterested in such things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “They gazed upon each other and smiled, and smiled.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
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From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
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From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
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From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
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From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
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From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They gazed upon each other and smiled, and smiled.
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From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
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From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
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From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
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From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
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From this reading They gazed upon each other and smiled, and smiled.
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From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
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From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
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From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Davis and Nita, however, were utterly uninterested in such things.
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From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
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From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
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From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
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From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
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From this reading They gazed upon each other and smiled, and smiled.
above and across; more than
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
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From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Davis and Nita, however, were utterly uninterested in such things.
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From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
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From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Davis smiled expansively and idiotically as he looked across the dinner table at Nita.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Davis and Nita, however, were utterly uninterested in such things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Davis and Nita, however, were utterly uninterested in such things.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They gazed upon each other and smiled, and smiled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Davis and Nita, however, were utterly uninterested in such things.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The government's tall dykes had proven useless, and even then there were creeping sheets of the sticky slime expanding over the whole countryside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gerrod and Evelyn tried to join in his happiness, but they were both worried over the ever-increasing threat of the Silver Menace.
