used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
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Barnard
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ChinesenounUS /tʃaɪˈniːz/
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
circledverbUS /ˈsɜːrkəld/
past form of “circle” — travel around something
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
divenounUS /daɪv/
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
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dopenounUS /doʊp/
street names for marijuana
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drugverbUS /drʌɡ/
administer a drug to
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
endingnounUS /ˈendɪŋ/
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
epitaphnounUS /ˈepətæf/
an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
divisible by two
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
a young female
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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hauntingadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/
continually recurring to the mind
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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an opening into or through something
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Kee's
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past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Ron Barnard leaned unhappily on Quong Kee's bar and looked over the worst dive on Mars.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Ron Barnard leaned unhappily on Quong Kee's bar and looked over the worst dive on Mars.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
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MarsnounUS /mɑːrz/
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
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information about recent and important events
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newspapermannounUS /ˈnuːzpeɪpərmæn/
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
not any; not one
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Ron Barnard had stuck his nose into one news story too many.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
touching and supported by a surface
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Ron Barnard had stuck his nose into one news story too many.
outeradjectiveUS /ˈaʊtər/
being on the outside or further from a center
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
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a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
planetsnounUS /ˈplænəts/
plural of “planet” — (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light
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Quong
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red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
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sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
rocket'snounUS /ˈrɑːkəts/
possessive form of “rocket” — any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
roguenounUS /roʊɡ/
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
RonnounUS /rɑːn/
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
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spaceshipnounUS /ˈspeɪsʃɪp/
a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
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starways
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a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
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a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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caught or fixed
From this reading Ron Barnard had stuck his nose into one news story too many.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This hell hole of Quong Kee's was no fit place even for a newspaperman looking for a story on the dope ring that was haunting the outer planets.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Ron Barnard had stuck his nose into one news story too many.
unhappilyadverbUS /ənˈhæpəli/
in an unpleasant way
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now it was ending for him in a rogue spaceship--his epitaph a rocket's red stream across the starways.
wilyadjectiveUS /ˈwaɪli/
marked by skill in deception
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It had started with a lovely girl, a wily Chinese and a drug ring that circled the System.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading Ron Barnard leaned unhappily on Quong Kee's bar and looked over the worst dive on Mars.
