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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 As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
appeared
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
background
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
became
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
black
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
blazing
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
bright
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
brilliant
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
Co-o-ntact
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
dark
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
darkness
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From this reading The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
despiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
disk
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
eyes
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
far
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
fighting
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From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
flesh
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
furnace
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
half-ball
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From this reading The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
hull
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
Kandar
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From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
lay
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From this reading The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
lifted
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From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
many
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
myriads
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
placed
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
planet's
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From this reading The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
roast
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
rose
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
said
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
shining
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
ship's
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
sky
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
small
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From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
speakers
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
Stars
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
sun
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
sun's
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
surface
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From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
swiftly
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From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The small fighting ship lifted swiftly from the surface of Kandar.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
too
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
turned
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
unshielded
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From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
vivid
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From this reading Stars appeared, shining myriads despite the sun, with every one vivid against a background of black.
voice
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From this reading "_Co-o-ntact!_" said a voice through many speakers placed throughout the fighting ship's hull.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As it rose, the sky turned dark and the sun's brilliant disk, far too bright to be looked at with unshielded eyes, became a blazing furnace that could roast unshielded flesh.
