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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
able
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From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
alloy
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
brooding
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
communicator
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complex
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From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
construct
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crystallization
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
dark
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From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
distance
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focused
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From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
forming
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
fraction
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From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _How long?_ he wondered.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
How
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From this reading _How long?_ he wondered.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
instead
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From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
intervening
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inwardly
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From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
knew
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From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
light-years
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From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _How long?_ he wondered.
nest
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
Nipe
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
own
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place
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
process
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
put
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race
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From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
reaction
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From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
reactor
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
second
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From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
sodium-gold
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
span
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From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
special
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
squatted
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
thoughts
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From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
timing
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From this reading He was not thinking of the complex crystallization reaction; he knew the timing of that to a fraction of a second.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
touch
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underground
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
waiting
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From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _[14]_ The Nipe squatted, brooding, in his underground nest, waiting for the special crystallization process to take place in the sodium-gold alloy that was forming in the reactor.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His dark thoughts were, instead, focused inwardly, upon himself.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _How long?_ he wondered.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How long would it be before he would be able to construct the communicator that would span the light-years of intervening distance and put him in touch with his own race again?
