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Chapter I
Star-crossed? Worse than that! Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield. I heard the siren in my phones. I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.”
in the direction of
From this reading “I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
next to; at the side of
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
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From this reading I heard the siren in my phones.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading I heard the siren in my phones.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I heard the siren in my phones.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Star-crossed?
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Worse than that!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Worse than that!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
in the direction of
From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading I glanced out the left side of my helmet to find a blue-clad figure on a motorcycle looming up beside me, waving me toward the shoulder.
which person or people
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Even Earth itself was hopelessly out of reach for these landlocked space-travelers who lived in a-- Pouring sweat and breathing shallow, I burned east on U.S. Twenty at ninety miles an hour, wishing I could suck into my lungs some of the wind that howled across the windshield.
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From this reading Worse than that!
