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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 _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
Alexandria
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
all
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
amounted
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
balancenounUS /ˈbalance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
bar
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
Battle
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
big
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
black
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
bomb
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
Bruce's
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
bunch
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
bundlenounUS /ˈbʌndəl/
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
complexions
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
couch
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
damning
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
darkness
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
declared
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
deep
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
delicate
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
Doc's
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
drinking
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
Egypt
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
Erich's
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
eye
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
Familiar
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
farthest
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
going
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
hand
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
happened
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
Heinlein
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
held
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
hide
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
high-handedly
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
highball
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
highlighted
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
hour
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
incitement
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
infinite
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
Introverted
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
joker
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
keep
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
knew
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
later
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
Maintainer
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
mean
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
message
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
Minor
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
most
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
mutiny
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
neatly
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
notion
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
nursing
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
only
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
open-ended
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
outstanding
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
peace
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
piano
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
Place
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
POSSIBILITY-BINDERS
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
possible
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
postulate
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
presumably
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
problems
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
protect
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
quiet
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
rather
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
rendezvous
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
schoolkids
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
settled
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
sheafs
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
Sid
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
sleepy-time
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
swept
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
systems
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
there
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
they'd
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From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
things
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Sid had swept all our outstanding problems into one big bundle and, since his hand held the joker of the Minor Maintainer, he had settled them all as high-handedly as if they'd been those of a bunch of schoolkids.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
triggering
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
universe
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From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
waited
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
watching
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
way
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
We'd
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From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
weak
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From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
Well
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From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It amounted to this: We'd been Introverted when most of the damning things had happened, so presumably only we knew about them, and we were all in so deep one way or another that we'd all have to keep quiet to protect our delicate complexions.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading _Everything._" --Heinlein THE POSSIBILITY-BINDERS An hour later, I was nursing a weak highball and a black eye in the sleepy-time darkness on the couch farthest from the piano, half watching the highlighted party going on around it and the bar, while the Place waited for rendezvous with Egypt and the Battle of Alexandria.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Well, Erich's triggering the bomb did balance rather neatly Bruce's incitement to mutiny, and there was Doc's drinking, while everybody who had declared for the peace message had something to hide.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Familiar with infinite universe sheafs and open-ended postulate systems?--the notion that everything is possible--and I mean everything--and everything has happened.
