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58th
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From this reading He signed in and was given a room on the 58th floor.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
all
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
area
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From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
benefit
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
city
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From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
currency
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
destination
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
driver
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
floor
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From this reading He signed in and was given a room on the 58th floor.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
galaxy
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
given
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From this reading He signed in and was given a room on the 58th floor.
got
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
Handling
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
Harris
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
heart
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From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
helitaxi
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From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
hotel
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From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
jointly
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
major
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
metropolitan
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From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
minutes
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From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
operated
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
out
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
paid
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
place
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
planet
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
reach
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From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
room
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From this reading He signed in and was given a room on the 58th floor.
signed
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From this reading He signed in and was given a room on the 58th floor.
spacelines
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
spaceport
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From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
Spaceways
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From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
stay
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
taken
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From this reading He had asked for and been taken to a hotel in the heart of the city--the Spaceways Hotel.
Terran
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
There
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
tippednounUS /tipped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
travelers
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From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
twenty
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From this reading It took twenty minutes by helitaxi to reach the metropolitan area from the spaceport.
used
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From this reading Handling the Terran currency as if he had used it all his life, Harris paid the driver, tipped him, and got out.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There was one of them in every major spaceport city in the galaxy; the spacelines operated them jointly, for the benefit of travelers who had no place to stay on the planet of their destination.
