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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 _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
almost
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
Anthony
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From this reading Phineas Anthony, the scientist.
anti-gravitational
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
awe-inspiring
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
combining
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
Earth
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From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
evolved
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
frail
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
Giant
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
grandfather
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grandson
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
greatest
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From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
hand
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
happy
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
held
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
immobility
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
intricate
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
just
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
Lee
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listened
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
lying
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
Mad
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
man
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many
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moment
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
mystic
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From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
numbed
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
old
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own
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
paralyzed
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
pathetically
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From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
perhaps
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From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
Phineas
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From this reading Phineas Anthony, the scientist.
pride
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
private
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
problems
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
produced
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
Quietly
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
research
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
savants
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From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
scientist
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From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
size-change
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
solved
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
spaceflight
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
spendingnounUS /ˈspending/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
two
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
unknown
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From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
vehicle
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
wasted
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
welling
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From this reading Quietly, with pride welling in him, Lee held the wasted, numbed hand of his grandfather and listened....
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading An old man, with nothing of the mystic about him--an old man who had been--unknown to the savants of his Earth--perhaps the greatest scientist among them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Mad Giant_ To Lee, after a moment, his grandfather seemed not awe-inspiring, but just a frail old man, paralyzed into almost complete immobility, lying here almost pathetically happy to have his grandson at last with him.
years
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From this reading After many years of research, spending his own private fortune, he had evolved the secret of size-change--solved the intricate problems of anti-gravitational spaceflight; and combining the two, had produced that little vehicle.
