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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
all
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From this reading It was a tedious job and took all his concentration.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a tedious job and took all his concentration.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
asteroid
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
attention
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From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
away
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
baffle
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
blue
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
bolting
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
concentration
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From this reading It was a tedious job and took all his concentration.
developments
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
devised
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
didn't
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
down
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
drifted
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
engine
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
expected
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
few
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
going
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From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
hundred
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
igloo
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
invading
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a tedious job and took all his concentration.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
job
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
Jon
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
Karyl
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
land
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
like
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
liquid
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
Lone
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
much
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From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
nerve-fraught
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
new
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
odd
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
only
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
other
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From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
parts
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paying
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From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
peculiar
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
plastic
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
plate
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
rocket
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
rockets
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
see
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
singular
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
some
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
space
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
starways
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
stationary
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
Steel-Blues
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
tedious
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From this reading It was a tedious job and took all his concentration.
test
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
throttled
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
too
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From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a tedious job and took all his concentration.
twenty-one-day
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
wasn't
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From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
Watcher
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From this reading _The starways' Lone Watcher had expected some odd developments in his singular, nerve-fraught job on the asteroid.
weird
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From this reading But nothing like the weird twenty-one-day liquid test devised by the invading Steel-Blues._ Jon Karyl was bolting in a new baffle plate on the stationary rocket engine.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading So he wasn't paying too much attention to what was going on in other parts of the little asteroid.
yards
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From this reading He didn't see the peculiar blue space ship, its rockets throttled down, as it drifted to land only a few hundred yards away from his plastic igloo.
