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Chapter VII
I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. IS EXTRAORDINARY. The agony was excruciating. A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading “The agony was excruciating.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.”
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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 A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading The agony was excruciating.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
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From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
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From this reading The agony was excruciating.
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From this reading IS EXTRAORDINARY.
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From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IS EXTRAORDINARY.
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From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
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From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
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From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
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From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
which person or people
From this reading I was entrapped--helpless in the hands of quondam friends who were really my bitterest and most unscrupulous enemies.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A burning bubbling seethed in my brain, as though my skull were filled with molten metal.
