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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 _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The symbol--as a symbol--resembled the well-known symbol of an atom.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It represented the Earth itself and the robot-operated artificial satellites that whirled around it.
artificial
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From this reading It represented the Earth itself and the robot-operated artificial satellites that whirled around it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
atom
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From this reading The symbol--as a symbol--resembled the well-known symbol of an atom.
attention
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
attracted
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
ball
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
became
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
big
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
bright
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
building
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
central
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
circled
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
coast
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
Connecticut
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
consisted
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
difficulties
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
dot
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
Earth
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
easily
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
endlessly
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
entire
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
Four
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
globe
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
huge
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
Island
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It represented the Earth itself and the robot-operated artificial satellites that whirled around it.
light
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
Manhattan
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
menace
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
New
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
night
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
other
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
out
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
points
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
represented
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From this reading It represented the Earth itself and the robot-operated artificial satellites that whirled around it.
resembled
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From this reading The symbol--as a symbol--resembled the well-known symbol of an atom.
robot-operated
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From this reading It represented the Earth itself and the robot-operated artificial satellites that whirled around it.
roof
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
Satellite
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
satellites
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From this reading It represented the Earth itself and the robot-operated artificial satellites that whirled around it.
shining
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
sky
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
Sound
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
sphere
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
spires
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
surrounded
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
swarm
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
swiftly-moving
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From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
symbol
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
technical
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It consisted of a central globe surrounded by a swarm of swiftly-moving points of light that circled the glowing sphere endlessly.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
towering
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From this reading _The "technical difficulties" on Satellite Four became a menace to the entire Earth!_ The big building stood out at night, even among the other towering spires of Manhattan.
up
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
visible
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
well-known
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From this reading The symbol--as a symbol--resembled the well-known symbol of an atom.
whirled
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From this reading It represented the Earth itself and the robot-operated artificial satellites that whirled around it.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
York
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From this reading The bright, glowing symbol on its roof attracted the attention of anyone who looked up at the night sky of New York; and from the coast of Connecticut, across Long Island Sound, the huge ball was easily visible as a shining dot of light.
