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787
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From this reading Avoid Planetoid 787.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
air
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
available
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Avoid
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From this reading Avoid Planetoid 787.
back
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beasts
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
blackness
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crash
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curve
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
dangerous
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
death
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From this reading You don't want death and you don't expect death.
DON'T
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From this reading DON'T!
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading You don't want death and you don't expect death.
eyes
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From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
fore-jets
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goes
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From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
it'll
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
jumps
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From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
Lush
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
movement
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nice
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
Planetoid
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From this reading Avoid Planetoid 787.
power
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pulling
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From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
rocket
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sleep
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
solid-ground
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
some
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
space
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sunny
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
tempt
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From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
tilts
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From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
up
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From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
want
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From this reading You don't want death and you don't expect death.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
wrong
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From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Something goes wrong, your rocket tilts in space, a planetoid jumps up, blackness, movement, hands over the eyes, a violent pulling back of available power in the fore-jets, the crash....