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2278
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From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
aboard
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
alive
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
all
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
atmosphere
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From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
boy
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
case
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From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
child
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
collided
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
D
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
dangers
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
disasters
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
discovered
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From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
doll
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
exploration
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From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
Fire
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
forty-five
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From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
four
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
galactic
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
girl
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
greatest
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
hideous
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
hub
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
hundred
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
interstellar
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
later
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From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
lost
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From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
man
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
meteor
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
minutes
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From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
new
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
north
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
parsecs
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
planet
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
Purcell
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From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
Robin
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
six
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
sixty-six
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
Star
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
starship
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
stellar
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
stole
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
strange
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
swarm
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
There
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From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
thousand
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
twenty
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From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
very
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
wanted
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading 2278, it lost its atmosphere within forty-five minutes.
woman
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From this reading At first it was thought that every man, woman and child of the four thousand, one hundred and sixty-six aboard were lost, in this the greatest of all interstellar disasters.
year
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
years
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From this reading But as was discovered twenty years later in the Purcell exploration, this was not quite the case.
young
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From this reading But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"_ _When the starship _Star of Fire_ collided with a meteor swarm six parsecs stellar north of the galactic hub in the year A.D.
