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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 For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
all
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
almost
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From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
any
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
Athena
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
awaiting
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
away
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
bed
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
ceaseless
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
colonists
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communicators
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
Constellation
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control
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
danced
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
danger
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
day
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
days
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
dials
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
drives
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
eight
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
felt
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
fleeing
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
forty
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
hull
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
hunted
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
hyperspace
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
Irene
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
lay
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
lie
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
like
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
lines
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
listened
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
longer
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
made
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
moaning
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
muffled
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
needles
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
new
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
night
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now
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From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
only
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
plunging
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
red
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
restless
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
roar
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
room
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
safe
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From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
seven
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
silenced
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
singing
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
ThinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
thousand
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
thundering
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
too
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From this reading _Athena is only forty days away._ Thinking of the new life awaiting them all made her too restless to lie still any longer.
Up
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From this reading Up in the control room, Irene had been told, the needles of the dials danced against the red danger lines day and night.
vibration
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From this reading She lay in bed and listened to the muffled, ceaseless roar of the drives and felt the singing vibration of the hull.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _We should be almost safe by now_, she thought.
weeks
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From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For seven weeks the _Constellation_ had been plunging through hyperspace with her eight thousand colonists; fleeing like a hunted thing with her communicators silenced and her drives moaning and thundering.
