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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 Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
Adam
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
agent
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alien
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
battered
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From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
bleak
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
burned
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
capsuled
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From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
claim
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
Colonel
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Crag
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
desk
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dockets
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eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
Edward
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
egos
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
expanse
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eyes
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fell
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Four
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From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
Gordon
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
Gotch
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From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
haven
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
hell
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
lands
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
Larkwell
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
LeRoy
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
literally
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
magic
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
man
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
man's
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From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
Martin
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
Max
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
men
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
Michael
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From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
moon
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
N
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
Nagel
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
names
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
narrow
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From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
officially
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
paper
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From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
Philip
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
Prochaska
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
recognized
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
separate
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
sheaves
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From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
small
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From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
sovereignty
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
stark
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States
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story
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From this reading Four dockets, four small sheaves of paper, each the capsuled story of a man's life.
survive
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
task
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
then
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From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Colonel Michael Gotch looked at the agent across the narrow expanse of his battered desk, then his eyes fell again to the dockets.
transported
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
U
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
United
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From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
Wells
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From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The names on the dockets were literally burned into his mind: Adam Philip Crag, Martin LeRoy Larkwell, Gordon Wells Nagel, Max Edward Prochaska.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Four men whose task was to survive an alien hell until the U.N. officially recognized the United States' claim to sovereignty over the stark lands of the moon.
world
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From this reading Four names, four men, four separate egos who, by the magic of man, had been transported to a bleak haven on another world.
