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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 There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
adults
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
almost
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Calhoun was not popular because Weald was scared.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
blueskin
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
blueskins
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From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
Calhoun
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From this reading Calhoun was not popular because Weald was scared.
cause
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
certain
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From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
children
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
coldness
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From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
conditioned
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From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
easily
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From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
entered
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
explosively
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
formed
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
habit
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
hearing
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
involved
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From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
irrational
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
manner
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From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
Med
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From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
minds
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
non-rational
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Calhoun was not popular because Weald was scared.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
planet-wide
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
popular
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From this reading Calhoun was not popular because Weald was scared.
react
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
response
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
say
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
scare
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From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
scared
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From this reading Calhoun was not popular because Weald was scared.
seen
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From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
ShipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So a planet-wide habit of non-rational response had formed and was not seen to be irrational because almost everybody had it.
spaceport
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From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
tended
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
There
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From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
trained
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
uneasiness
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
Weald
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From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There was a certain coldness in the manner of those at the Weald spaceport when the Med Ship left next morning.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It had been conditioned to scare easily, where blueskins might be involved.
word
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From this reading Its children were trained to react explosively when the word "blueskin" was uttered in their hearing, and its adults tended to say "blueskin" when anything to cause uneasiness entered their minds.
