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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 But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
acquires
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From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
Baron
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
blocks
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
caste
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
Continental
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
doing
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
down
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
driving
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
fracas
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
Haer
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
history
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
Hovercraft
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
Joseph
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
Kingston
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
line-up
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
local
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From this reading The local offices of Vacuum Tube Transport, undoubtedly.
Mauser
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
meaning
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From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
new
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From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
offices
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From this reading The local offices of Vacuum Tube Transport, undoubtedly.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
other
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
Priest
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
reason
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
recruiting
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
rents
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
rise
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
roads
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
shortly
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
society
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
spotted
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
status-quo-caste
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
strange
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From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
street
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
there
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From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
three
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From this reading Joseph Mauser spotted the recruiting line-up from two or three blocks down the street, shortly after driving into Kingston.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
tranquilizers
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From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
Transport
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From this reading The local offices of Vacuum Tube Transport, undoubtedly.
Tube
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From this reading The local offices of Vacuum Tube Transport, undoubtedly.
TV
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From this reading But in a society of TV and tranquilizers--the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....
two
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
undoubtedly
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From this reading The local offices of Vacuum Tube Transport, undoubtedly.
Vacuum
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From this reading The local offices of Vacuum Tube Transport, undoubtedly.
Warrior
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From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Baron Haer would be doing his recruiting for the fracas with Continental Hovercraft there if for no other reason than to save on rents.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior.
