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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
back
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
Ben
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
big
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
Blast
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
brew
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
caldron
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
corners
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
culled
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
Curtis
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
Devil's
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dimly
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
doorway
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
eased
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Egg
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evil
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
fear-borne
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
felt
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
follow
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
following
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
fumes
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
game
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
gaunt
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
gaze
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
gin
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
hares
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
heavy
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
hounds
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
illumined
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
ingredients
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
Inn
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
lay
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
leader
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
like
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
man
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Martian
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mill
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
moment
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
Most
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
obscured
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
pale
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
place
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
planets
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
pursuit
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
room
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
shimmering
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
silently
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From this reading Ben Curtis eased his pale, gaunt body through the open doorway of the Blast Inn, the dead man following silently behind him.
smoke
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
space
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From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
steamingnounUS /ˈsteaming/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
sweet
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
three
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From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
traveled
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
veil
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From this reading Most of the big room lay obscured behind a shimmering veil of tobacco smoke and the sweet, heavy fumes of Martian Devil's Egg.
Venusian
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From this reading His fear-borne gaze traveled into the dimly illumined Venusian gin mill.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The place was like an evil caldron steaming with a brew whose ingredients had been culled from the back corners of three planets.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares ... or was it follow the leader?
