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Chapter XXX
The Man in the Mask. The snow was falling thick and icy. Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible. But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk. “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!””
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From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
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From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
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From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
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From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
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From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
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From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Man in the Mask.
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From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
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From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading The Man in the Mask.
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From this reading The Man in the Mask.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
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From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
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From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Man in the Mask.
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From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aramis was the next to come in and to discover Athos almost insensible.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The snow was falling thick and icy.
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From this reading “Well,” said Aramis, “beaten by fate!”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
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From this reading But at the first words he uttered the comte roused himself from the kind of lethargy in which he had sunk.
