Chapter I
Alone on Mars, yet not alone ... For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead! The phone rang. A grey hand lifted the receiver. “Hello?”
I, Mars
Chapter I
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Alone
on
Mars,
yet
not
alone ...
For
old
Barton’s
younger
selves
lived
on,
hating,
tormenting
him
for
his
living
proof
that
their
hopes
were
dead!
The
phone
rang.
A
grey
hand
lifted
the
receiver.
“Hello?”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Alone
on
Mars,
yet
not
alone ...
Line 2
For
old
Barton’s
younger
selves
lived
on,
hating,
tormenting
him
for
his
living
proof
that
their
hopes
were
dead!
Line 3
The
phone
rang.
Line 4
A
grey
hand
lifted
the
receiver.
Line 5
“Hello?”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Alone
noun
US /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...”
Dead
noun
US /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!”
Hand
noun
US /hand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A grey hand lifted the receiver.”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...”
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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 grey hand lifted the receiver.
AlonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
Barton's
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
grey
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From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
hand
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From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
hating
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
Hello
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From this reading “Hello?”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
hopes
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
lifted
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From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
lived
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
living
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
Mars
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From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
old
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
phone
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From this reading The phone rang.
proof
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
rang
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From this reading The phone rang.
receiver
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From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
selves
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The phone rang.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
tormenting
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
younger
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From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!