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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 stranger did not have a chance.
alien
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
alley
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From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
barrel
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
bundlenounUS /ˈbʌndəl/
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
came
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
celebration
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From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
chance
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From this reading The stranger did not have a chance.
cloth
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
clothing
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
collected
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
cut
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The stranger did not have a chance.
down
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
dragged
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From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
drinking
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From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
enemy
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From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
Farradyne
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From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
Farradyne's
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
fist
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
hard
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
hard-working
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The stranger did not have a chance.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
hope
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
like
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
log
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
men
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
much
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From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The stranger did not have a chance.
note
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
out
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
own
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
pushing
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
rubbish
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
silently
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
skin
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From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
sniffing
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From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
somewhere
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From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
stranger
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From this reading The stranger did not have a chance.
stripped
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From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
stuffed
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The stranger did not have a chance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Farradyne dragged him into an alley and stripped him to the skin.
too
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From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
trash
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
uncurious
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From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
used
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From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farradyne's hard fist came out of somewhere and the stranger went down like a log, silently.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading He had been drinking or sniffing whatever the enemy used for celebration and he had used too much.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His own clothing Farradyne stuffed in a trash barrel, pushing the bundle down below the rest of the rubbish in the hope that the barrel would be collected by a couple of hard-working and uncurious men who would never note the alien cut to the cloth.
