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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 [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
auxiliary
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
battered
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From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
beam
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
BOOM
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From this reading _BOOM ... boom ...
Brad
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
breathing
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
Clank-sss
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From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
compression
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
cooling
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From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
crashed
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
crews
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
dangling
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
death
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
deck
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
deep
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
dying
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
floundered
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
function
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
hyper
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
hyperstellar
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
labored
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
Like
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
live
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
micro-second
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
minutes
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
monotonous
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
monster
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
normal
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
pile
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From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
piston
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
rhythm
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
rod
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
safety
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From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
satisfy
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
severedadjectiveUS /ˈsevərd/
cut completely into separate parts
From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
Ships
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
sibilant
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
Sidenote
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
sobs
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
space
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
strained
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
suicidal
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
switching
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From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
system
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From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
tortured
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
unit
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From this reading BOOM ... boom._ A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.
valve
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From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
wailed
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From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Clank-sss, clank-sss_, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [Sidenote: Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!] Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.
