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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 SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
air
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet the wilderness flourished and beckoned.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
beckoned
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From this reading And yet the wilderness flourished and beckoned.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
breathed
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
click
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
counter
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
cut
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
death
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
dial
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
escape
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
flamer
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
flourished
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From this reading And yet the wilderness flourished and beckoned.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
go
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
green
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
hatch
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
luxuriance
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
Mars
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
MISSION
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
mused
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From this reading "Mutations--" Rip mused.
Mutations
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From this reading "Mutations--" Rip mused.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
off
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
one's
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
Patrol
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
position
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
present
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
radiation
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
riotous
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
Rip
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From this reading "Mutations--" Rip mused.
Sargol
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
scene
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
sentence
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
shielding
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
skin
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
spacer
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
SPECIAL
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
strike
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
surely
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
There
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From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was no escape from that radiation--it would be in the air one breathed, strike though one's skin.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
trained
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
viewing
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
walls
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
warned
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From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SPECIAL MISSION That click, the dial beneath the counter, warned them that they were as cut off from the luxuriance outside as if they were viewing a scene on Mars or Sargol from their present position.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading And yet the wilderness flourished and beckoned.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
world
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From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To go beyond the shielding walls of the spacer into that riotous green world would sentence them to death as surely as if the Patrol was without, with a flamer trained on their hatch.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet the wilderness flourished and beckoned.
