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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 The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
attendant
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
back
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
bubble
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
caused
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
certain
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From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
checked
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
committed
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
courage
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
cruiser
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
danger
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From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
detail
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
double
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
Earthbound
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
emptiness
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From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
endurance
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
find
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From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
galaxy's
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
gigantic
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From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
hyperspace
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
inside
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
kill
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From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
light-years
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
maniac
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
manned
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
men
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
mindless
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
miracles
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
observationnounUS /ˈobservation/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
out
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From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
outermost
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
power
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
precision
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
rich
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
sea
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From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
second
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
ships
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
space
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From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
suicide
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From this reading The first bubble attendant had committed suicide and the second was a mindless maniac on the Earthbound cruiser but it must have been something inside the bubble that had caused it.
sun
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
ten
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
terrifiedadjectiveUS /ˈterəfaɪd/
extremely frightened
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
thousand
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
vanished
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From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
waiting
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From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--_ The cruiser vanished back into hyperspace and he was alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years beyond the galaxy's outermost sun.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading _The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage.
windows
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From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked out the windows at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and wondered again what the danger had been that had so terrified the men before him.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Of one thing he was already certain; he would find that nothing was waiting outside the bubble to kill him.
