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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 He lighted a cigarette and started to type out the final edition of _Today on Mars_ for transmission by Interradio to the New York bureau of the Galactic News Service.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Scott Warren snapped off the vision screen and sat down in front of his typewriter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He started the news roundup: "IOPA, MARS--(GN)--Events on Mars were at a snailspace today, the midpoint of the traditional three-day Landing Day holiday...."
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It was the story behind the biggest story on Mars--how Fate had grimly reckoned with the Rockhead Rastol--but Scott Warren of Galactic News couldn't write it ... yet.
biggest
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building
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bureau
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was the story behind the biggest story on Mars--how Fate had grimly reckoned with the Rockhead Rastol--but Scott Warren of Galactic News couldn't write it ... yet.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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celebrations
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cigarette
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Through the glass side of the building he could see the lights of the celebrations whose sounds he had just silenced.
couldn't
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Day
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down
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edition
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Events
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Fate
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final
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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front
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Galactic
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glass
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GN
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grimly
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the story behind the biggest story on Mars--how Fate had grimly reckoned with the Rockhead Rastol--but Scott Warren of Galactic News couldn't write it ... yet.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Through the glass side of the building he could see the lights of the celebrations whose sounds he had just silenced.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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holiday
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how
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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Interradio
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IOPA
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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just
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From this reading Through the glass side of the building he could see the lights of the celebrations whose sounds he had just silenced.
Landing
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lighted
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lights
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Mars
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midpoint
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New
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News
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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off
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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out
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Rastol
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reckoned
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Rockhead
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roundup
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sat
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Scott
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screen
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see
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Service
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side
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silenced
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snailspace
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snapped
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sounds
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started
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story
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the story behind the biggest story on Mars--how Fate had grimly reckoned with the Rockhead Rastol--but Scott Warren of Galactic News couldn't write it ... yet.
three-day
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ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the glass side of the building he could see the lights of the celebrations whose sounds he had just silenced.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He lighted a cigarette and started to type out the final edition of _Today on Mars_ for transmission by Interradio to the New York bureau of the Galactic News Service.
Today
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traditional
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transmission
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type
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typewriter
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vision
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Warren
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the story behind the biggest story on Mars--how Fate had grimly reckoned with the Rockhead Rastol--but Scott Warren of Galactic News couldn't write it ... yet.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He started the news roundup: "IOPA, MARS--(GN)--Events on Mars were at a snailspace today, the midpoint of the traditional three-day Landing Day holiday...."
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Through the glass side of the building he could see the lights of the celebrations whose sounds he had just silenced.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was the story behind the biggest story on Mars--how Fate had grimly reckoned with the Rockhead Rastol--but Scott Warren of Galactic News couldn't write it ... yet.
write
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From this reading It was the story behind the biggest story on Mars--how Fate had grimly reckoned with the Rockhead Rastol--but Scott Warren of Galactic News couldn't write it ... yet.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
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York
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