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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 The siege had lasted a whole year and nine days.
abandoned
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
All
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From this reading All courage and strength, exertion and sacrifice, had been unavailing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
arrival
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
battlements
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From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All courage and strength, exertion and sacrifice, had been unavailing.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
Byzantines
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From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
camps
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
cast
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From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
courage
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From this reading All courage and strength, exertion and sacrifice, had been unavailing.
day
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
days
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From this reading The siege had lasted a whole year and nine days.
disheartened
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
exertion
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From this reading All courage and strength, exertion and sacrifice, had been unavailing.
fateful
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
four
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
good-fortune
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From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
Goths
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The siege had lasted a whole year and nine days.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
King
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
lasted
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From this reading The siege had lasted a whole year and nine days.
led
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
marched
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From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
news
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
nine
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From this reading The siege had lasted a whole year and nine days.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
out
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
past
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From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
power
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From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
proud
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From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
remaining
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
Romans
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From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
Rome
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
sacrifice
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From this reading All courage and strength, exertion and sacrifice, had been unavailing.
siege
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
Silently
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From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All courage and strength, exertion and sacrifice, had been unavailing.
suffered
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From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
taunting
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From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
thoroughly
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
troops
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
unavailing
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From this reading All courage and strength, exertion and sacrifice, had been unavailing.
walls
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From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
whole
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From this reading The siege had lasted a whole year and nine days.
Witichis
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From this reading The day after the arrival of this news, so fateful for the Goths, King Witichis abandoned the siege of Rome and led his thoroughly disheartened troops out of the four remaining camps.
words
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From this reading Silently they suffered the taunting words cast at them from the battlements by Romans and Byzantines.
wreckedadjectiveUS /rɛkt/
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading Silently the Goths marched past the proud walls, against which their power and good-fortune had been wrecked.
year
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From this reading The siege had lasted a whole year and nine days.
