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From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
achesnounUS /eɪks/
plural of “ache” — a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
Air-Lines
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From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
arrogantadjectiveUS /ˈerəɡənt/
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
Barnes
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From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
brought into existence
From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
can't
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From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
Earth'snounUS /ɜːrθs/
possessive form of “earth” — the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
lying toward or situated in the east
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
every person
From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
grav-bound
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From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
IncnounUS /ɪŋk/
a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
JewelnounUS /ˈdʒuːəl/
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
a condition requiring relief
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
not any; not one
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For here on Earth's cool moon I am as close to the sky as I need be, and the sky is close enough to me.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
ringsnounUS /rɪŋz/
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
a relationship between two lovers
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
Saturn'snounUS /ˈsætərnz/
possessive form of “saturn” — a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
spacemen
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From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
spacemen's
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From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
express in words
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Everyone knows that spacemen are born--not made.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Must I hear the spacemen's songs and the stories they tell, so that the breath of romance aches each day in my bones?
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
Trase
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From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Curse it, I am too old to go to space, and why can't I be content with that?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But grav-bound Trase Barnes, No. 1 v.p. of Air-Lines, Inc., bet his arrogant soul that he could shoot Saturn's rings--and live._ "O, Jewel of the Eastern Sky, O, Mother of many things, Bring home your sons to safety, From the Stars to Saturn's rings...."
