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Chapter I
He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why. Then he found out. The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea. I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure. All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
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Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading “I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.”
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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 He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading Then he found out.
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From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading Then he found out.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
