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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 In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
ahead
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
back
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
backdrop
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
big
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From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
blast
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
blue
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
brighter
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
changed
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
clever
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From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
color
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
corrosive
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
dazzling
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
decelerated
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
despair
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
Doppler
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
drove
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
dwell
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
dwindle
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
Earth
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
effect
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
erred
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From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
fire
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
forty
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
galaxy's
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
glittering
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
GO
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
grimly
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
grown
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
hours
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
III
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
lashed
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
leaving
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
lifeless
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
light
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
luminary
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
magnitudes
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
many
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
meet
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
men
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
mockery
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
more
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
near
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
normal
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
Old
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From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
once
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
Ones
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From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
out
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
Quest
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
radial
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
red
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
relative
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
seen
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
set
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
solitary
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
speed
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
star
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
star's
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
stars
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From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
sun
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
too
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From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
turn
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
unaccompanied
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
velocity
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From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the Doppler effect as the star's radial velocity changed relative to the _Quest III_, as for forty hours the ship had decelerated.
way
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But they erred in thinking the Old Ones were too big to be clever.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
white
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Earth set itself grimly to meet them with corrosive fire, determined to blast them back to the stars.
worlds
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From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
yellow
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From this reading In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading They had seen many such stars come near out of the galaxy's glittering backdrop, and had seen them dwindle, turn red and go out as the _Quest III_ drove on its way once more, lashed by despair toward the speed of light, leaving behind the mockery of yet another solitary and lifeless luminary unaccompanied by worlds where men might dwell.
