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I, gardener

Chapter I

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_Can the Great First Law fall?
Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."
I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.
Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.
Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

I, gardener

Chapter I

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Can the Great First Law fall?
Line 2
Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."
Line 3
I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.
Line 4
Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.
Line 5
Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Already noun US /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."”

Besides preposition US /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading “Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.”

Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."”

Doctor noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Can the Great First Law fall?”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Can the Great First Law fall?”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.”

Point noun US /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading “Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."”

Since preposition US /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading “Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.”

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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 Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

alreadynounUS /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

anthologies

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

appeared

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

Asim

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

Associate

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

attract

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

author

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Axel

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/

in addition to; as well as

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

big

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Boston

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

build

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

byline

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

cadre

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

Canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading _Can the Great First Law fall?

catalyst

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

colleagues

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

considerable

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Contents

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

contract

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

copyright

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

counted

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Cryptochemistry

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

DoctornounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

dozen

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Dr

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

fall

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From this reading _Can the Great First Law fall?

FirstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Can the Great First Law fall?

flown

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

fuglemen

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

GreatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Can the Great First Law fall?

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

I'd

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

imaginative

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

intellectual

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

invented

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

journals

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Law

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From this reading _Can the Great First Law fall?

live

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

magazine

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

magazines

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

major

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

maybe

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

Medical

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

more

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

needed

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

new

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

notice

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

on-camera

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

Ozoneff

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

page

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

personality

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

poet

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

PointnounUS /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

Professor

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

program's

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

published

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

pyrotechnics

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

recruited

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regularly

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

s-f

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

School

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

seethings

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sergeant-major

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show

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

sign

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

skill

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

sorry

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spark

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

sponsors

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subsequently

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television

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Can the Great First Law fall?

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

thirty-three

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

three

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

Trendex

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View

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

vignette

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From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

week

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Who but he could have invented an s-f vignette, live, on-camera, and have it subsequently published in a major magazine and three anthologies?

who'd

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From this reading I'd already recruited a cadre of intellectual fuglemen, but I needed Dr. Ozoneff as my program's sergeant-major, as the catalyst who'd spark the seethings of his colleagues into the imaginative pyrotechnics that attract sponsors and build the big Trendex.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."

writer

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From this reading Associate Professor of Cryptochemistry at the Medical School, author of thirty-three books (maybe more: it had been a week since I last counted), a writer whose byline appeared on the Contents page of a dozen magazines and journals regularly as their copyright notice, and a poet of considerable skill, Dr. Ozoneff was besides something of a television personality.

wrong

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From this reading Could the great Dr. Asim--sorry, Ozoneff--have been wrong?_ I had flown to Boston to sign Doctor Axel Ozoneff to a contract with my new fall television show, "Point of View."