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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 Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
available
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
aware
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
away
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
bargain
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From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
bargaining
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
burned
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
business
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
chief
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
clan
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
clansmen
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
cloth
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From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
color
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
concluded
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
Dane
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From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
Dane's
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
dangerous
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
disturbed
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From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
drifting
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
eagerly
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
eyes
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
fins
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
folded
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From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
glad
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From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
GORP
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From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
HUNT
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From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
inexperienced
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
inferior
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
interruption
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From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
known
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
Koros
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
leader
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
mining
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
minutes
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
offer
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
only
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
other
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
Paft's
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
place
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
Queen's
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
serious
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
size
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
small
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
space
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
stock
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
stones
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
taken
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
task
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From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
ten
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From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
tendered
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
tenor
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From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
Terrans
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
trading
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From this reading GORP HUNT But the interruption had disturbed the tenor of trading.
two
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From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
up
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From this reading Dane folded up the bargain cloth, glad for a task.
very
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From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Terrans were aware that Koros mining was a dangerous business but they had not known that the stock of available stones was so very small.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The small chief who had so eagerly taken Paft's place had only two Koros stones to offer and even to Dane's inexperienced eyes they were inferior in size and color to those the other clan leader had tendered.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within ten minutes the last of the serious bargaining was concluded and the clansmen were drifting away from the burned over space about the Queen's standing fins.
