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113
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
also
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
area
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From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
big
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
capable
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
collapsed
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Since it could and did learn, they lived.
crushed
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
decades
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
decidedly
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From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
Devagas
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Since it could and did learn, they lived.
died
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
discovered
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
else
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
gratified
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
hadn't
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
human
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
hunger
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
investigating
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From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Since it could and did learn, they lived.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
knew
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
learn
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From this reading Since it could and did learn, they lived.
learning
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
likely
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
lived
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From this reading Since it could and did learn, they lived.
Manon
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From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
mistakes
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
plasmoid
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From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
plasmoid-hungry
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
remains
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
remnants
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
searchers
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
section
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
see
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
several
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From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since it could and did learn, they lived.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
U-League
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From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
unit
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From this reading The searchers discovered human remains and the crushed remnants of the 113 unit in a collapsed section of the ship.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Devagas, at that time, were at least as plasmoid-hungry as anybody else, and knew they were not likely to see their hunger gratified for several decades.
worth
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From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If the big plasmoid hadn't been capable of learning from its mistakes, the Devagas investigating party also would have died.
wreck
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From this reading The wreck of a U-League ship in the Manon area decidedly was worth investigating.
