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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 "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
arm
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From this reading "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
came
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
carrying
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
catching
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From this reading "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
changed
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
darted
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
eager
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
Flanders
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
Harvey
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
heavenly
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From this reading "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
high
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
hold
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From this reading "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
it's
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From this reading "Harvey, it's a dream--it's heavenly!" she cried, catching hold of his arm.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
led
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
like
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From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
luggage
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
out
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
Paradise
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
pay
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
Pied
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
piled
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
Piper
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
possibly
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From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
promised
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
Ruth
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
spaceport
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
suitcases
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
taut
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
tune
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
two
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From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
universe
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From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
vast
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Harvey Flanders came out of the ship carrying the last two suitcases, she darted to him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading _The Pied Piper who had promised them Paradise and led them across half the universe had changed his tune.
window
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From this reading But this time it was the Piper who had to pay...._ Ruth was standing at the vast window of the spaceport, her body taut and eager, the luggage piled high around her.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you imagine--did you possibly ever imagine it would be like this?"
