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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 _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
accelerated
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
Airways
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
alarm
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
arose
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
back
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
bathing
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
blinding
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
blue
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From this reading They burst forth in excited recrimination when it vanished into the blue.
burst
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From this reading They burst forth in excited recrimination when it vanished into the blue.
Carr
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
crackling
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
directors
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
energy
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
enter
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
evidence
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading They burst forth in excited recrimination when it vanished into the blue.
faintly
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
fell
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
foolishly
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
forth
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From this reading They burst forth in excited recrimination when it vanished into the blue.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
gazed
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
giant
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
gleaming
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
Heavens
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
hull
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
incredible
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
incredulously
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
International
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
landing
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
light
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
luminescence
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
majestically
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
Martian
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
motive
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
nose
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
other
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
Parker
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
plates
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
pointed
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
position
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
power
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
radiation
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/
great speed
From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
recrimination
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From this reading They burst forth in excited recrimination when it vanished into the blue.
saw
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
ship
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
silver
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
silvery
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
skyward
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From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
stage
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
stared
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
streamers
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
sudden
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
There
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From this reading There was no evidence of motive power other than a sudden radiation from its hull plates of faintly crackling streamers of silvery light.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
torpedo-shaped
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
trespasser
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From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
vanished
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From this reading They burst forth in excited recrimination when it vanished into the blue.
vessel
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From this reading They gazed incredulously as the gleaming torpedo-shaped vessel arose majestically from its position.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _Into the Heavens_ The directors of International Airways stared foolishly when they saw Carr Parker and the giant Martian enter the mysterious ship which was a trespasser on their landing stage.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They fell back in alarm as it pointed its nose skyward and accelerated with incredible rapidity, the silver energy bathing them in its blinding luminescence.
