Chapter I
Redskins! Boston tealeggers! Jeep men! Time traveler Devin Orth clutched his temples, battling insanity. Some "genius" had waved a wand over Terran history and produced a-- The sun was dying.
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Chapter I
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Redskins!
Boston
tealeggers!
Jeep
men!
Time
traveler
Devin
Orth
clutched
his
temples,
battling
insanity.
Some
"genius"
had
waved
a
wand
over
Terran
history
and
produced
a--
The
sun
was
dying.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Redskins!
Line 2
Boston
tealeggers!
Line 3
Jeep
men!
Line 4
Time
traveler
Devin
Orth
clutched
his
temples,
battling
insanity.
Line 5
Some
"genius"
had
waved
a
wand
over
Terran
history
and
produced
a--
The
sun
was
dying.
Learner Dictionary
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Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Some "genius" had waved a wand over Terran history and produced a-- The sun was dying.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Time traveler Devin Orth clutched his temples, battling insanity.”
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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 Some "genius" had waved a wand over Terran history and produced a-- The sun was dying.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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battling
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Boston
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clutched
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Devin
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dying
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genius
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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history
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insanity
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Jeep
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men
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Orth
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
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produced
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Redskins
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Some
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sun
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tealeggers
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From this reading Boston tealeggers!
temples
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Terran
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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 Some "genius" had waved a wand over Terran history and produced a-- The sun was dying.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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traveler
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wand
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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waved
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