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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 The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
barely
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
blazing
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
Breathing
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
burned
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
crawling
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
day
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
destination
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
dirt
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
dragged
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
dusk
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
Earth
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
face
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
fatigue
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
feet
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
find
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From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
flesh
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
hard
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
hull
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
hunger
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
Jarl
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
knees
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
leadenadjectiveUS /ˈlɛdən/
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
lumps
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
mask
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
out
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
port
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
raw
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
reached
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
shattered
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
staggering
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
sun
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
Then
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
tortured
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
trail
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From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
up
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
void
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From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
waned
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then, at last, he was crawling through the dusk on hands and knees, up to the shattered hull of the ship from beyond the void.
weak
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From this reading Breathing hard, staggering weak from hunger and fatigue, he dragged himself up out of the dirt to the broken port.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sun had burned his face to a tortured mask, and his feet were raw, leaden lumps of flesh that left a trail of blood behind him.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
Womar's
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From this reading Womar's blazing day--barely half as long as that of Earth--had waned again before Jarl reached his destination.
wonder
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From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He did not even wonder what he would find within.
