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Chapter XI
"Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!" Mike said rebelliously. "True," Joe said. "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here. We've lived through plenty more than that!
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “"Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We've lived through plenty more than that!”
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
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From this reading "True," Joe said.
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From this reading Mike said rebelliously.
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
no person; not anyone
From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
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From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
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From this reading We've lived through plenty more than that!
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From this reading Mike said rebelliously.
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From this reading Mike said rebelliously.
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
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From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We've lived through plenty more than that!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
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From this reading "But we four can stand three gravities acceleration and handle any more manned rockets that start out here.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We've lived through plenty more than that!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
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From this reading "True," Joe said.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
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From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Nobody could stop us if we wanted to take off!"
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From this reading We've lived through plenty more than that!
