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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 crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They arrived in gleaming scarlet tumble-bugs and yellow plastic beetles, yawning and singing and ready.
arrived
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From this reading They arrived in gleaming scarlet tumble-bugs and yellow plastic beetles, yawning and singing and ready.
bearing
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From this reading The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon.
beetles
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth.
Birth
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canceled
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From this reading The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight.
cold
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crowd
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curious
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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ecstasy
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From this reading The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon.
flared
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flight
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gathered
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get
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gleaming
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greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon.
grey
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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How
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They arrived in gleaming scarlet tumble-bugs and yellow plastic beetles, yawning and singing and ready.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon.
intrepid
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From this reading The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth.
mob-hate
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Moon
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morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth.
noise
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pioneers
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plastic
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President
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ready
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red
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rocket
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scarlet
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scheduled
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singing
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space
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Stanley
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They arrived in gleaming scarlet tumble-bugs and yellow plastic beetles, yawning and singing and ready.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The crowd gathered to make a curious noise this cold grey morning before the scheduled Birth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon.
tumble-bugs
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way
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whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight.
world's
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yawning
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yellow
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