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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 Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
all
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
anyway
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
big
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
billion
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
bright
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
bustlenounUS /ˈbʌsəl/
busy and excited activity
From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A thrill yes--but would she live to enjoy it?...
cold
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From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
dodge
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From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
dome
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
enjoy
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From this reading A thrill yes--but would she live to enjoy it?...
forbiddenadjectiveUS /fərˈbɪd.ən/
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
forties
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
four-hundred
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
glassite
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
hardly
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
heat
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
inferior
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
kept
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
leave
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
live
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From this reading A thrill yes--but would she live to enjoy it?...
meteors
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From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
mile
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
miles
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
Mimas
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From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
Norma
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From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
planets
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
provided
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
quarters
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
rays
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From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
reached
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From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
resort
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
Ring
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From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
rings
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
Saturn
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
Saturn's
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From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
saw
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
seldom
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From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A thrill yes--but would she live to enjoy it?...
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
sphere
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
stayed
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
summer
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
sun
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
sun's
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From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
temperature
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
there
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From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
three
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
thrill
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From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
travel
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
wanted
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From this reading The temperature under the dome was kept in the forties because Mimas was a summer resort, provided you wanted to travel three quarters of a billion miles to leave the heat and the bustle of the inferior planets behind you.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
world
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From this reading Mimas was a cold little world where the sun's rays seldom reached.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Norma thought it would be a great thrill to dodge the meteors in Saturn's forbidden Ring.
yes
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From this reading A thrill yes--but would she live to enjoy it?...
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You stayed under a big glassite dome on the four-hundred mile sphere if you stayed there at all, and you hardly saw the sun anyway because Saturn and its rings were so big and so bright.
