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_Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction. And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky. Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth. Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower. A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
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From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
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From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
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From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
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From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
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From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
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From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
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From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
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From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
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From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
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From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A girl could be shy, couldn't she, and still be pretty enough to attract and hold men?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Dip the pen of a Frank Belknap Long into a bottle of ink and the result is always bound to be a scintillating piece of brilliant imaginative science fiction.
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From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sally Anders had never really thought of herself as a wallflower.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And he's done it again in the tortured story of Sally._ Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
