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When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life. And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time! "Cap'n Cutlass! Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees. Estimate speed 400,000, Marsbound.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!”
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From this reading Estimate speed 400,000, Marsbound.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
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From this reading "Cap'n Cutlass!
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From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
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From this reading "Cap'n Cutlass!
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
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From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
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From this reading Estimate speed 400,000, Marsbound.
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From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
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From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
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From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
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From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
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From this reading Estimate speed 400,000, Marsbound.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
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From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
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From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
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From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
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From this reading Estimate speed 400,000, Marsbound.
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
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From this reading Earth merchantman three points starboard, oblique ecliptic eight degrees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And if he's finally cornered he may have only one door left open to him--Time!
at the time that
From this reading When a man has a price on his head he runs for his life.
