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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 _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
acridadjectiveUS /ˈæk.rɪd/
Having an unpleasantly bitter or pungent taste or smell.
From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
alley
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
angular
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
barbed
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
bows
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From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
buildings
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
Chester
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
city
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
dark
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
desert
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From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
Duchal
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
dully
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From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
dying
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
Earthmen
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
emerge
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
emerged
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
Farrell
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
fence
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
frail
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
game
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
gleamed
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From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
gloriously
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
impotent
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
Martian
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
Martians
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
master
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
maze
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
mentally
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
narrow
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
odors
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
Only
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
paused
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
planet
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
pointed
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From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
race
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
red
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
rested
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From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
sensitive
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
shadows
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
shells
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
ships
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From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
skillful
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
sky
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From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
slender
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From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
sly
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
sons
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
sounds
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
spaceships
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From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
star-studded
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From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
starlight
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From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
strange
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From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
superiority
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The slender ships gleamed dully in the starlight as they rested on the red desert.
three
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From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Before him, beyond the fence, three spaceships pointed their bows toward a star-studded sky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Behind him, the Martian city was a maze of strange sounds, angular buildings, acrid odors and dark shadows.
weak
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From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen.
wire
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From this reading Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells._ Chester Farrell emerged from the narrow alley and paused before the barbed wire fence.
