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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 _Man is a kind of turtle.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
accommodate
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From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
air
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
always
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
amounted
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
blackenedadjectiveUS /ˈblækənd/
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
carry
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
cliffs
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
crags
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
darkness
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
dusky
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
Earth
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
enough
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
eyes
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From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
failings
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
fields
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
frozen
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
gases
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
gets
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
goes
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
Going
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From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
heaven
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
high
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
holding
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
human
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
ice
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Man is a kind of turtle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
kind
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From this reading _Man is a kind of turtle.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
light
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
like
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
Man
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From this reading _Man is a kind of turtle.
naked
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
noon
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Man is a kind of turtle.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
one-ninth
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
out
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From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
percent
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
reflected
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
rock
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
sharp
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
shell
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
spark
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
sun
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From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
teeth
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
turtle
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From this reading _Man is a kind of turtle.
upthrust
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
vision
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From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
warmth
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From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The great fields of ice and frozen gases reflected enough to help vision, but upthrust crags and cliffs of naked rock were like blackened teeth.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading At high noon, the sun was a sharp spark in a dusky heaven, and its light amounted to about one-ninth of one percent of what Earth gets.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
WhereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/
in or to any place at all
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Wherever he goes, he will always carry a shell holding warmth and air--and with them his human failings...._ When you looked outside, it was into darkness.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Going out yourself, you could let your eyes accommodate.
