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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 In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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cause
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
chairman
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
Committee
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
Condition
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
contractions
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corrected
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coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
Dail
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
Dialect
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discrepancies
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distorted
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
Earth
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
Eire
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
errors
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Fitzgerald
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future
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
get
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
government
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
guest
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
Jenkins
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
Legends
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
LEINSTER
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
listened
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
Minor
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modification
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
MURRAY
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
note
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O'Donohue
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
O'Hanrahan
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
official
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
other
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
Planet
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
planetary
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
planets
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
President
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
Pseudonym
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
retained
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Sean
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From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
slight
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
somewhat
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
space
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
spellings
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
there
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
typographical
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unhappily
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From this reading In the future, the passage across space to other planets may cause a slight modification here and there ..._ President O'Hanrahan of the planetary government of Eire listened unhappily to his official guest.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had to, because Sean O'Donohue was chairman of the Dail--of Eire on Earth--Committee on the Condition of the Planet Eire.
William
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From this reading MURRAY LEINSTER (Pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins) _Legends do, of course, get somewhat distorted in the passage of time.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
