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Chapter XXVI
STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness. The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me. When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me. Sensation had overpowered memory, and I was happy. Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “Sensation had overpowered memory, and I was happy.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.”
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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 STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
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From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
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From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
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From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
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From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
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From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
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From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sensation had overpowered memory, and I was happy.
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From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
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From this reading Sensation had overpowered memory, and I was happy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
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From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Sensation had overpowered memory, and I was happy.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
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From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
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From this reading Sensation had overpowered memory, and I was happy.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading Sensation had overpowered memory, and I was happy.
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From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ah! if life could have ended then--that was how I felt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
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From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
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From this reading STORMS There came a time then of blessed and grateful unconsciousness.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tumult of the storm was reduced to a mere singing in my ears, and darkness seemed to have closed in around me.
at the time that
From this reading When I opened my eyes, I was resting in his arms, and a delicious sense of happiness was stealing through me.
