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100
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
360
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
aeronauts
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
all
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
Astronef
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
barographs
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
barometers
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
board
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
buttons
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
call
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
cerebral
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
chamber
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
compactly
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
compass
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
conning-tower
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
degrees
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
disc
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
engine-room
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
engines
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
exacting
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
fact
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
fixed
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
granted
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
hand
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
hung
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From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
instrument
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
mahogany
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
marked
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
most
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
moving
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
Murgatroyd
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
nickel-plated
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
off
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
opposite
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
ordinary
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
other
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From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
out
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
Overhead
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
pairs
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
parts
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
placed
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
practically
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
rule
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
see
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
side
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From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
six
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
Space-explorers
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
speaking-tube
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From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
square
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
subdivisions
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telephone
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From this reading On one side of the board hung a telephone and on the other a speaking-tube.
tell-tale
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
tens
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
there
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
thermometers
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From this reading Overhead hung an ordinary tell-tale compass, and compactly placed on other parts of the wall were barometers, thermometers, barographs, and, in fact, practically every instrument that the most exacting of aeronauts or Space-explorers could have asked for.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
tiny
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
two
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
wall
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
wanted
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
wheels
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
white
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
worked
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From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
writing-desk
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From this reading Above a tiny little writing-desk fixed to the wall of the conning-tower there was a square mahogany board with six white buttons in pairs.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You see, Zaidie, this is what one might call the cerebral chamber of the _Astronef_, and, granted that my engines worked all right, I could make her do anything I wanted without moving out of here, but as a rule, of course, Murgatroyd is in the engine-room.
Zaidie
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From this reading To the right hand opposite where Zaidie stood were two nickel-plated wheels and behind each of them a white disc, one marked off into 360 degrees, and the other into 100 with subdivisions of tens.
