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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 They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
all
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
annihilated
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
any
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
astonishing
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
Bors
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To the Captain, their knowledge was undiluted catastrophe!
carried
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
catastrophe
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From this reading To the Captain, their knowledge was undiluted catastrophe!
Deccan
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
fabulously
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
facts
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
find
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
fleet
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
fought
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
garbled
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
Garen
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From this reading Here on Deccan, the shining-eyed young men _knew_ that Bors had landed on Tralee and on Garen.
glamorized
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
got
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here on Deccan, the shining-eyed young men _knew_ that Bors had landed on Tralee and on Garen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
knew
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From this reading Here on Deccan, the shining-eyed young men _knew_ that Bors had landed on Tralee and on Garen.
knowledge
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From this reading To the Captain, their knowledge was undiluted catastrophe!
landed
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From this reading Here on Deccan, the shining-eyed young men _knew_ that Bors had landed on Tralee and on Garen.
like
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
many
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
Mekinese
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
men
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
much
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
news
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
relation
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
romantic
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
romanticized
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
shining-eyed
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From this reading Here on Deccan, the shining-eyed young men _knew_ that Bors had landed on Tralee and on Garen.
ships
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
size
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
solar
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
stories
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
systems
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
tales
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
task-force
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading To the Captain, their knowledge was undiluted catastrophe!
there
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
times
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From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
Tralee
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From this reading Here on Deccan, the shining-eyed young men _knew_ that Bors had landed on Tralee and on Garen.
travel
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
true
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
two
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From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
undiluted
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From this reading To the Captain, their knowledge was undiluted catastrophe!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The news as Bors got it from the men of Deccan was remarkable for two reasons: that so much of it was true, and that all of it was glamorized and romanticized and garbled.
way
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From this reading It was astonishing to find any relation at all between such fabulously romantic tales and the facts, because there was no way for news to travel between solar systems except on ships, and no ships had carried stories like these!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They _knew_ that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
young
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From this reading Here on Deccan, the shining-eyed young men _knew_ that Bors had landed on Tralee and on Garen.
