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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 _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
air
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Desert of One Thousand Hells would have been a better name.
better
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From this reading The Desert of One Thousand Hells would have been a better name.
blackness
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
boiled
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
brain
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
called
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They said a man could go mad here.
crazily
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
desert
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
disintegration
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
dragnet
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
drawn
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
few
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
go
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From this reading They said a man could go mad here.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Desert of One Thousand Hells would have been a better name.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
heat
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
Hells
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From this reading The Desert of One Thousand Hells would have been a better name.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They said a man could go mad here.
heretic
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
hundred
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
Kane
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
knew
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
knowledgeless
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
laboring
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
lungs
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
mad
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From this reading They said a man could go mad here.
man
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
maniac
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
memory-king
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
millions
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
Mirages
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Desert of One Thousand Hells would have been a better name.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
own
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
pain-tortured
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
planets
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
relentless
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
ruling
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
said
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From this reading They said a man could go mad here.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
savior
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
seared
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
shapes
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
space
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
stars
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
stop
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
suns
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
tech-galaxy
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From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
then
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
Thousand
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
threw
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
twin
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
twisting
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
undulating
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
vagaries
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From this reading If not from the crazily twisting, undulating heat shapes themselves, then from the pain-tortured vagaries of his own brain.
warrior-mechanic
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _He was a man of a hundred planets, drawn from the blackness of space to save a tech-galaxy from disintegration.
why
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
worlds
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The Desert of One Thousand Hells would have been a better name.
yellow-white
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From this reading He was Kane, the warrior-mechanic ... memory-king of knowledgeless worlds ... savior to millions ... maniac to the ruling few--so they threw a dragnet over the stars to stop the heretic._ The relentless heat of yellow-white twin suns boiled the thin desert air and it seared his laboring lungs, and he knew why this was called the Desert of One Thousand Mirages.
