Chapter III
"Missile Section. Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by." Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body. Could be anything from a torpedo on up." I went back to the Beam screen.
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Chapter III
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"Missile
Section.
Arm
No.
1
Battery
and
stand
by."
Then
I
added,
"We
don't
know
what
we've
got
here,
but
it's
not
a
natural
body.
Could
be
anything
from
a
torpedo
on
up."
I
went
back
to
the
Beam
screen.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"Missile
Section.
Line 2
Arm
No.
1
Battery
and
stand
by."
Line 3
Then
I
added,
"We
don't
know
what
we've
got
here,
but
it's
not
a
natural
body.
Line 4
Could
be
anything
from
a
torpedo
on
up."
Line 5
I
went
back
to
the
Beam
screen.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Added
noun
US /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.”
Anything
pronoun
US /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading “Could be anything from a torpedo on up."”
Body
noun
US /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.”
Could
modal verb
US /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Could be anything from a torpedo on up."”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.”
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.”
Stand
noun
US /stand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."”
Went
noun
US /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I went back to the Beam screen.”
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1
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From this reading Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Could be anything from a torpedo on up."
Arm
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From this reading Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."
back
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From this reading I went back to the Beam screen.
Battery
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From this reading Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Could be anything from a torpedo on up."
Beam
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From this reading I went back to the Beam screen.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."
Couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could be anything from a torpedo on up."
don't
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From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Could be anything from a torpedo on up."
got
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From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
it's
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From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
Missile
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From this reading "Missile Section.
natural
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From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Could be anything from a torpedo on up."
screen
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From this reading I went back to the Beam screen.
Section
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From this reading "Missile Section.
stand
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From this reading Arm No. 1 Battery and stand by."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I went back to the Beam screen.
Then
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From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I went back to the Beam screen.
torpedo
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From this reading Could be anything from a torpedo on up."
up
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From this reading Could be anything from a torpedo on up."
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
we've
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From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went back to the Beam screen.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Then I added, "We don't know what we've got here, but it's not a natural body.