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all
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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
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clearly
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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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figure
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Get
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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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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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how
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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information
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You'll Like It On Mars!
just
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Kettering
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Like
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Mars
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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movie
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much
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Myron
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NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
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OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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out
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realistic
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rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
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scenes
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shot
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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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
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too
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true
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want
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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!