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Code Three

Chapter II

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"O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."
At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.
The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.
Clay eased up the cable slack.
"Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...
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Code Three

Chapter II

Reading 1/104 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."
Line 2
At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.
Line 3
The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.
Line 4
Clay eased up the cable slack.
Line 5
"Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...”

Same noun US /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.”

Towards preposition US /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading “At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.”

All words in this reading · 51

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119

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

almost

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

bang

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

Ben

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From this reading "O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."

Beulah's

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

cable

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

called

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From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

Car

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

Clay

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

controls

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

crane

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

eased

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From this reading Clay eased up the cable slack.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

hit

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

hook

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From this reading "O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

instant

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

interior

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."

K

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From this reading "O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."

kid

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From this reading "O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."

let's

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From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

locks

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

magnalocks

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

mags

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

mess

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

metallic

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

now

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From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

O

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From this reading "O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."

operating

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From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

ordered

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From this reading "O.K., kid," Ben ordered, "hook it."

other

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

pull

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From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

samenounUS /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

side

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

slack

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From this reading Clay eased up the cable slack.

slammed

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From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

swung

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.

trooper

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From this reading "Good," Ben called to both Clay and the operating trooper in the other car, "now let's pull it ...

up

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From this reading Clay eased up the cable slack.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The magnalocks slammed into the metallic mess with a bang almost at the same instant the locks hit the other side from Car 119.

wreckage

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From this reading At the interior crane controls, Clay swung Beulah's crane and cable mags towards the wreckage.