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You'll Like It on Mars
You'll Like It on Mars

Chapter I

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You'll Like It On Mars!
Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.
His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!
I remember it all so clearly.
"Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

You'll Like It on Mars

Chapter I

Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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You'll Like It On Mars!
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Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.
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His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!
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I remember it all so clearly.
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"Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “"Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.”

Nobody pronoun US /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/

no person; not anyone

From this reading “Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.”

Remember verb US /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading “I remember it all so clearly.”

Told noun US /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.”

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all

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From this reading I remember it all so clearly.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

clearly

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From this reading I remember it all so clearly.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

Ferdinand

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From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

figure

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From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

Get

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From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

gruesome

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From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

how

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From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I remember it all so clearly.

information

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From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading You'll Like It On Mars!

just

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From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

Kettering

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From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

Like

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From this reading You'll Like It On Mars!

Mars

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From this reading You'll Like It On Mars!

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

movie

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From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

much

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From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

Myron

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From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/

no person; not anyone

From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading You'll Like It On Mars!

out

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From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

realistic

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From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading I remember it all so clearly.

scenes

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From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

shot

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From this reading Nobody could figure out how Kettering had shot his realistic scenes on Mars.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I remember it all so clearly.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

toldnounUS /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

too

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From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

true

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From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

want

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From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading His movie was just too good to be true--and much too gruesome!

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Get the information and you can have anything you want," Myron Ferdinand told me.

You'll

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From this reading You'll Like It On Mars!