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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 After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
actuality
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From this reading Naomi's mind circled frantically, contrasting her happy anticipations with this shocking actuality.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
alien
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
all
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
anticipationsplural nounUS /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃənz/
feelings of excitement about something expected to happen
From this reading Naomi's mind circled frantically, contrasting her happy anticipations with this shocking actuality.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
become
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
bed
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
beloved
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
body
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
cabin
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
call
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
Cappy
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From this reading Her nearest neighbor--old Cappy--dead.
Cappy's
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
circled
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come
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
contrasting
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dead
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From this reading Her nearest neighbor--old Cappy--dead.
discovered
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
door
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
farm
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
fear
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
First
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
frantically
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From this reading Naomi's mind circled frantically, contrasting her happy anticipations with this shocking actuality.
friend
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
get
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
ghastly
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
Group
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
happened
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
happy
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he'd
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
Heckscher
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
husband
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
inside
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
just
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
lonely
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
make
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
man's
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Naomi's mind circled frantically, contrasting her happy anticipations with this shocking actuality.
Naomi
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
Naomi's
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From this reading Naomi's mind circled frantically, contrasting her happy anticipations with this shocking actuality.
nearest
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From this reading Her nearest neighbor--old Cappy--dead.
neighbor
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From this reading Her nearest neighbor--old Cappy--dead.
old
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
one-room
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
planet
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
recently
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
reminded
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
rosy-cheeked
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
round
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
she'd
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
shock
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
shocking
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From this reading Naomi's mind circled frantically, contrasting her happy anticipations with this shocking actuality.
single
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
slaving
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
Stiff
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
thing
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
walking
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From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
white-haired
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
widower
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From this reading She'd come to call on a friend, she reminded herself, a beloved friend--round, white-haired, rosy-cheeked; lonely because he'd recently become a widower.
wire-pulling
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From this reading After all his wire-pulling to get into the First Group, and his slaving to make a farm on this alien planet, dead in bed!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _The single thing to fear was fear--ghastly, walking fear!_ Stiff with shock, Naomi Heckscher stood just inside the door to Cappy's one-room cabin, where she'd happened to be when her husband discovered the old man's body.
