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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 Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
all
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
awake
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From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
back
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
beat
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
bit
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
canvas
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
compass
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From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
courage
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
credit
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
day
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
dead-white
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
Desert
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
down
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
dunes
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
elephants
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
falling
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
fat
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
fighting
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
forging
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
heat
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
hidden
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
humpbacked
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
like
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
Lost
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
man
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
Morrison
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From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
moved
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
needed
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
own
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
parched
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
ponderous
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
pouring
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
pulling
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From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
raise
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
reflecting
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
rising
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
rocked
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
rolling
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
rumps
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
sand
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
sandcar
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
Scorpion
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
six
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
sky
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
sleep
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
smoothly
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
Stay
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From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
sun
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
tandem
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Stay awake," Morrison told himself, pulling the sandcar back to its compass course.
top
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From this reading The hidden sun beat down from a dead-white sky, pouring heat into the canvas top, reflecting heat back from the parched sand.
twenty-first
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
vast
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
Venus
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From this reading Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
Venus's
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
waves
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From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
wheels
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From this reading The sandcar moved smoothly over the rolling dunes, its six fat wheels rising and falling like the ponderous rumps of tandem elephants.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading It was his twenty-first day on Venus's Scorpion Desert, his twenty-first day of fighting sleep while the sandcar rocked across the dunes, forging over humpbacked little waves.
