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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 One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
anxiously
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From this reading James asked anxiously.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading James asked anxiously.
counted
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
darling
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From this reading "What's the matter, darling?"
Don't
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From this reading "Don't you like the planet?"
especially
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
Eternal
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I love the planet," Phyllis said.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
James
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From this reading James asked anxiously.
like
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
love
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From this reading "Oh, I love the planet," Phyllis said.
Man
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
matter
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From this reading "What's the matter, darling?"
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, I love the planet," Phyllis said.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
Phyllis
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From this reading "Oh, I love the planet," Phyllis said.
planet
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From this reading "Don't you like the planet?"
said
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From this reading "Oh, I love the planet," Phyllis said.
space
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
Triangle
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
true-blue
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From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
What's
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From this reading "What's the matter, darling?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One thing Man never counted on to take along into space with him was the Eternal Triangle--especially a true-blue triangle like this!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't you like the planet?"