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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 _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
aloft
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
beam
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
blob
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
brain
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From this reading Something seemed to explode in Hilary's brain.
breathtaking
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
come
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From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
compact
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
cry
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From this reading A great cry wrenched out of his torn throat.
dark
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
dropping
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
explode
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From this reading Something seemed to explode in Hilary's brain.
feeble
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
flamed
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
fliers
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
great
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From this reading A great cry wrenched out of his torn throat.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
High
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
Hilary's
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From this reading Something seemed to explode in Hilary's brain.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A great cry wrenched out of his torn throat.
hurriedly
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Something seemed to explode in Hilary's brain.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
massed
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
Mercutian
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
meteor
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From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
out
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From this reading A great cry wrenched out of his torn throat.
outer
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From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
plummet
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
plunging
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From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
purposeful
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
ripping
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From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
search
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
seemed
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From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
space
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From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
speed
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
spheroid
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
starlight
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
startling
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
straight
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
swung
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading A great cry wrenched out of his torn throat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From outer space it seemed to come, a plunging ripping meteor.
torn
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From this reading A great cry wrenched out of his torn throat.
up
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
Vagabond
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From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
velocity
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From this reading A search beam must have swung hurriedly aloft, for it flamed into startling being; a spheroid, compact, purposeful, dropping with breathtaking velocity.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _The Vagabond_ High up, a dark blob against the feeble starlight, something was dropping; dropping with the speed of a plummet, straight for the massed Mercutian fliers.
wrenched
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From this reading A great cry wrenched out of his torn throat.
