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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 He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
always
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
answer
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
beings
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
brain
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
chance
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
checking
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
Clearly
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
Col
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
Commanding
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
crew-cut
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
days
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
door
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
dubiously
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
elaborate
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From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
fact
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
fallible
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
fit
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
grey
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
H
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
held
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
human
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
jacket
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
job
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From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
lean
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
made
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From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
man
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
Man's
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
marked
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
Mudgett
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
Officer
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
orange
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
plague-ridden
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
poll
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
process
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
profile
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
Project
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
re-educating
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
Re-Education
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
reagent-proof
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
reported
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
scanner
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
seen
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From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
shoes
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
silhouettes
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
small
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
smelling
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
storage
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
stored
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
surface
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
survival
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
tasting
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
there
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From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
thousand
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From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
times
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From this reading He had been through that door a thousand times, but the scanner made as elaborate a job of it as if it had never seen him before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
too
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
two
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
very
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
waited
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
white
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From this reading Re-educating his body was the answer; but the process was so very long...._ The man in the white jacket stopped at the door marked "Re-Education Project--Col. H. H. Mudgett, Commanding Officer" and waited while the scanner looked him over.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It always did, for there was always in fact a chance that it _had_ never seen him before, whatever the fallible human beings to whom it reported might think.
wiry
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From this reading It went over him from grey, crew-cut poll to reagent-proof shoes, checking his small wiry body and lean profile against its stored silhouettes, tasting and smelling him as dubiously as if he were an orange held in storage two days too long.
wouldn't
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From this reading _Clearly, re-educating Man's brain wouldn't fit him for survival on the plague-ridden surface.
