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Chapter I
_A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food. For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space. Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars. It was unaware when it finally reached a sun. Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.”
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “_A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.”
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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 _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
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From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
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From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
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From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
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From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
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From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
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From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
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From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
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From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
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From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
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From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
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From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
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From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Life-giving radiation flared around the hard, dry spore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
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From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
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From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For millennia it had been drifting across the vast emptiness of space.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
at the time that
From this reading It was unaware when it finally reached a sun.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without consciousness, it had spent the countless centuries in the void between the stars.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!_ The leech was waiting for food.
