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Chapter XI
Bernie shrugged rebelliously. “So what? So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?” “A different order of machines, Bernie! Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““A different order of machines, Bernie!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““A different order of machines, Bernie!”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “A different order of machines, Bernie!
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading Bernie shrugged rebelliously.
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A different order of machines, Bernie!
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From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
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From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A different order of machines, Bernie!
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
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From this reading Bernie shrugged rebelliously.
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading Bernie shrugged rebelliously.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So what?
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From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
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From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Believe me, that blue light was something as far from any safety device I ever heard of as the starships are from oxcarts.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “So what?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So they’ve got some kinds of machines you don’t have on Halsey’s Planet?”
