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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
Abruptly
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From this reading Abruptly the forward jets flared raggedly.
all-but
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
android
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
Battling
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
chill
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
closeness
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
crew-members
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
damage
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
desperately
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
down
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
Earth's
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
eating
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
flared
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From this reading Abruptly the forward jets flared raggedly.
flashed
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Abruptly the forward jets flared raggedly.
foul
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
frog-apes
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
hollow-eyed
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
hopeless
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
inward
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
J
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
jets
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
Maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
man
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
Mars
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
meteor-crushed
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
orbit
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
pace
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
Past
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
plates
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
plunging
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
pull
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
quickening
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
raggedly
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From this reading Abruptly the forward jets flared raggedly.
relentless
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
repair
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
sector
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From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Past the orbit of Mars; down past Earth's sector of space, and into the pull of Venus she flashed, her pace quickening.
slime
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
space
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
suits
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
Sun
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
sunward
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
sweating
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
swiftly
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
too
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
Venus
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
vicious
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
warped
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From this reading For too long had the _Sun Maiden_ been plunging sunward, her meteor-crushed jets and warped plates feeling the relentless chill of space eating swiftly inward.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
wonder
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From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
worked
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From this reading And crew-members, sweating and hollow-eyed within the foul closeness of space suits, worked desperately to repair that all-but hopeless damage.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Battling Venus' slime and vicious frog-apes, J46 yet found time to wonder: Was he a man or an android?
