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Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again. The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable. They were. With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees. He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
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From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
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From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
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From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
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From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
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From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
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From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
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From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
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From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
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From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
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From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
