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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 Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
accurately
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From this reading The experiment flopped, or perhaps, more accurately speaking, it succeeded only too well.
alien
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
animal
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
assistant
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
battle
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
blast
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
brain
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
Brixson
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
built
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From this reading The machine had been built for the same purpose.
Circuits
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
creatures
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
domicile
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
ego
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elderly
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
Elmer
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
existence
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experiment
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fighting
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
flopped
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From this reading The experiment flopped, or perhaps, more accurately speaking, it succeeded only too well.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
grovelled
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
hell
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
human
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The experiment flopped, or perhaps, more accurately speaking, it succeeded only too well.
killed
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
machine
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From this reading The machine had been built for the same purpose.
man
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
men
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
mewled
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
Mindless
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more
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Morgus
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From this reading Circuits shorted and the resultant blast of power killed Doctor Brixson and his elderly assistant, Elmer Morgus.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
Ohio
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
only
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From this reading The experiment flopped, or perhaps, more accurately speaking, it succeeded only too well.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The experiment flopped, or perhaps, more accurately speaking, it succeeded only too well.
perhaps
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plucking
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
power
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purpose
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From this reading The machine had been built for the same purpose.
resultant
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samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The machine had been built for the same purpose.
shorted
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speaking
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streets
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succeeded
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From this reading The experiment flopped, or perhaps, more accurately speaking, it succeeded only too well.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
swampy
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
temporarily
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
theory
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
too
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transplanting
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From this reading The theory had been that of plucking the ego from one human domicile and transplanting it, temporarily of course, into the brain of another man--or animal.
Venus
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weird
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From this reading Mindless creatures mewled and grovelled in the streets of Ohio ... and men found themselves suddenly in the swampy, alien hell of Venus, fighting a weird battle for existence.
well
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From this reading The experiment flopped, or perhaps, more accurately speaking, it succeeded only too well.
