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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 Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
anchoragenounUS /ˈæŋkərɪdʒ/
a place where a ship can anchor
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
answering
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From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
any
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ask
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From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
better
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biped
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
bit
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Mature by his length and mass.
Center's
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
chewed
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From this reading His Coadjutor, equally invisible and negatively massed, chewed that over.
Coadjutor
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From this reading His Coadjutor, equally invisible and negatively massed, chewed that over.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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Earth's
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His Coadjutor, equally invisible and negatively massed, chewed that over.
Ernie
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featherless
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
felt
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
field
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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Galaxy
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
Gifts
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From this reading I'd say he's a suitable recipient for the Gifts."
gravitational
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
he's
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From this reading I'd say he's a suitable recipient for the Gifts."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
humanity
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I'd
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From this reading I'd say he's a suitable recipient for the Gifts."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
Invisible
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
judgment
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From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
just
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lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading "Mature by his length and mass.
like
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From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
mass
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From this reading "Mature by his length and mass.
massed
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From this reading His Coadjutor, equally invisible and negatively massed, chewed that over.
Mature
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From this reading "Mature by his length and mass.
Meeker
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negatively
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From this reading His Coadjutor, equally invisible and negatively massed, chewed that over.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading His Coadjutor, equally invisible and negatively massed, chewed that over.
passing
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pull
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
push
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
rather
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
recipient
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From this reading I'd say he's a suitable recipient for the Gifts."
requirements
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
said
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
satisfy
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
say
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From this reading I'd say he's a suitable recipient for the Gifts."
seems
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
shifted
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From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
suitable
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From this reading I'd say he's a suitable recipient for the Gifts."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His Coadjutor, equally invisible and negatively massed, chewed that over.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Invisible Being shifted his anchorage a bit in Earth's gravitational field, which felt like a push rather than a pull to him, and said, "This featherless biped seems to satisfy Galaxy Center's requirements.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
