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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 Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
advanced
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
animated
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
aside
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
blisteringly
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
blown
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
bundled
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
burped
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
centipede
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
chaff
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
chemical
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
chests
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
Chinese
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
corporation
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
crawl
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
crow
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
dawned
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
day
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
delicately
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
devices
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
disconcertingly
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
dragons
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
eat
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
fat
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
fields
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
files
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
future
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
gobbling
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
grain
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
guaranteed
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
heads
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
hot
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
informed
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
Kansas
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
kernels
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
larger
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
lazily
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
legs
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
like
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
Loaf
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
machines
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
mankind
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
men
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
metal
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
mighty
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
mills
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
Mississippi
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
much
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
noses
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
Operation
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
paper
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
perfection
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
pickup
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
procession
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
Products
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
Puffy
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
quick-dried
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
rather
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
reached
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
resembled
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
ripe
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
robot
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
Sensory
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
serpents
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From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
side
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
snakes
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
Spike
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
sprouted
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
Staff
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
summer
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
swung
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The walking mills resembled fat metal serpents, rather larger than those Chinese paper dragons animated by files of men in procession.
threshed
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
throats
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
tread
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
trucks
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From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
Valley
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
very
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
waiting
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From this reading Sensory robot devices in their noses informed them that the waiting wheat had reached ripe perfection.
walking
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In their throats, it was threshed, the chaff bundled and burped aside for pickup by the crawl trucks of a chemical corporation, the kernels quick-dried and blown along into the mighty chests of the machines.
weather-controlled
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
wheat
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
wings
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From this reading _The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings --and mankind had to eat crow!_ As a blisteringly hot but guaranteed weather-controlled future summer day dawned on the Mississippi Valley, the walking mills of Puffy Products ("Spike to Loaf in One Operation!") began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.
yellow
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From this reading As they advanced, their heads swung lazily from side to side, very much like snakes, gobbling the yellow grain.
