Chapter I
It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive! _A hand moved_ ... Young Bailey fell. It was a terrible sensation, falling.
Flight Into the Unknown
Chapter I
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It
was
Bailey's
first
trip
into
space
and
things
began
to
happen
that
made
him
wonder
if
luck
alone
would
bring
him
back
to
Earth
alive!
_A
hand
moved_ ...
Young
Bailey
fell.
It
was
a
terrible
sensation,
falling.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
It
was
Bailey's
first
trip
into
space
and
things
began
to
happen
that
made
him
wonder
if
luck
alone
would
bring
him
back
to
Earth
alive!
Line 2
Line 3
_A
hand
moved_ ...
Line 4
Young
Bailey
fell.
Line 5
It
was
a
terrible
sensation,
falling.
Learner Dictionary
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Alone
noun
US /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
Began
noun
US /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
First
noun
US /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_A hand moved_ ...”
Terrible
noun
US /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It was a terrible sensation, falling.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
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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 _A hand moved_ ...
alive
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
back
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
Bailey
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From this reading Young Bailey fell.
Bailey's
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begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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bring
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Earth
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falling
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From this reading It was a terrible sensation, falling.
fell
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From this reading Young Bailey fell.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
hand
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From this reading _A hand moved_ ...
happen
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
luck
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
made
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
moved
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From this reading _A hand moved_ ...
sensation
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From this reading It was a terrible sensation, falling.
space
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a terrible sensation, falling.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
things
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
trip
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
wonder
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From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
Young
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From this reading Young Bailey fell.