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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 And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
assist
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
beads
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It hadn't been decapitated; Martians lack external heads.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
black-shelled
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
blue
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
BUG
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
decapitated
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From this reading It hadn't been decapitated; Martians lack external heads.
deliberately
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
enough
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
enslavement
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
exploited
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
external
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From this reading It hadn't been decapitated; Martians lack external heads.
fight
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
form
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
Fritz
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
glistening
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
graphically
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
gummy
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
hadn't
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From this reading It hadn't been decapitated; Martians lack external heads.
Hatred
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
heads
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From this reading It hadn't been decapitated; Martians lack external heads.
humans
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
impaled
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
Jr
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
KEEP
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From this reading MARTIANS, KEEP OUT!
knew
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
lack
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From this reading It hadn't been decapitated; Martians lack external heads.
Leiber
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
lynch-law
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
MARTIANS
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From this reading MARTIANS, KEEP OUT!
MEANS
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
meant
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
more
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
much
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
only
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
OUT
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From this reading MARTIANS, KEEP OUT!
pencil
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
pretty
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
red
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
risking
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
Scatterday
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
sign
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
spike
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
spray
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
stiff
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
story
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
sun
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
trafficway
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From this reading The stiff, black-shelled form, impaled on a spike beside the trafficway, with gummy beads of blue blood glistening in the sun, told the pretty little story much more graphically.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
way
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
weren't
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From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
why
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From this reading By Fritz Leiber, Jr. _Hatred of the Martians was being deliberately exploited, and Scatterday knew why.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And the only way to fight the enslavement of humans, was to assist the Martians, even though it meant risking lynch-law!_ And as if that sign weren't enough, someone with a red spray pencil had added THAT MEANS YOU, BUG!
