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all
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
associating
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
aware
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From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading I'll call them the _slizzers_, because they _sliz_ people.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
call
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From this reading I'll call them the _slizzers_, because they _sliz_ people.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
didn't
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
Earth
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
enjoy
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
existence
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From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
hardly
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From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
how
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
I'll
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From this reading I'll call them the _slizzers_, because they _sliz_ people.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
knows
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
like
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From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
living
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From this reading They're all around us, living with us.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
Lord
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
main
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
many
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
most
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From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
only
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
people
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From this reading I'll call them the _slizzers_, because they _sliz_ people.
really
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From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
sliz
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From this reading I'll call them the _slizzers_, because they _sliz_ people.
slizzers
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
suspect
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I'll call them the _slizzers_, because they _sliz_ people.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
there
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
there's
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From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I'll call them the _slizzers_, because they _sliz_ people.
They're
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
they've
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From this reading Lord only knows how long they've been on Earth, and how many of them there are....
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
trouble
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are hardly ever aware of their existence, because they can _make_ themselves look like us, and do most of the time; and if they can look like us, there's really no need for them to think like us, is there?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
wrong
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
you'd
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From this reading _The main trouble is that you'd never suspect anything was wrong; you'd enjoy associating with _slizzers_, so long as you didn't know...._ They're all around us.
