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A Matter of Honor: A Terran Empire Novel
A Matter of Honor: A Terran Empire Novel

Chapter I

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It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.
Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.
The Chaos-loving schools had done too much!
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A Matter of Honor: A Terran Empire Novel

Chapter I

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It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.
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Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.
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The Chaos-loving schools had done too much!

Learner Dictionary

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

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Chaos-loving schools had done too much!”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.”

Growled noun US /ˈgrowled/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.”

Ship noun US /ship/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “| | | | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | +------------------------------------------------------+ Chaos take those Imperial schools anyway!”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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all

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anyway

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asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

Attribution-Non-Commercial-No

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by-nc-nd

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came

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Chaos

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Chaos-loving

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Commons

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Creative

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creativecommons

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Derivative

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donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Chaos-loving schools had done too much!

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.

fault

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flying

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From this reading Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.

growlednounUS /ˈgrowled/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading The Chaos-loving schools had done too much!

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

http

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Imperial

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increasing

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From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

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ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

Licence

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licenced

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licenses

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lightened

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lines

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mood

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much

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NotadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

org

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pace

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prospect

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Prowler

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schools

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shipnounUS /ship/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

sleek

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From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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Thark

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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 It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

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thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

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timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

too

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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

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view

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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 It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view.

work

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Works

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