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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 A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
Antwerp
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From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
appeared
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
army
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
capital
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
cause
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From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
Champagny
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
citadelnounUS /ˈsɪt.ə.del/
A fortress protecting a city, metaphorically representing the invincible inner sanctuary of the rational mind.
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
city
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From this reading Foreign merchants fled from the imperilled city.
command
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
common
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From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
composed
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
cruelly
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From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
de
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
despots
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
dominated
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
fell
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From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
fled
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From this reading Foreign merchants fled from the imperilled city.
Foreign
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From this reading Foreign merchants fled from the imperilled city.
fortress
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
friends
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From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Foreign merchants fled from the imperilled city.
garrisonnounUS /ˈɡærəsən/
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
Governor
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
Havre
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
Heze
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
imperilled
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From this reading Foreign merchants fled from the imperilled city.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
incapable
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
Marquis
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
Mastricht
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From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
merchants
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From this reading Foreign merchants fled from the imperilled city.
mutineersnounUS /ˈmutineers/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
Netherland
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
nobles
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
October
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From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
other
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
own
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
person
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
pillaged
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From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
prevent
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
principally
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
reckless
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
rose
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From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
saw
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
seriously
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
Spaniards
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From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
threatened
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
town
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From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
twentieth
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From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
Walloons
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the twentieth of October Mastricht fell into the Spaniards' hands, and was cruelly pillaged.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Governor Champagny saw his own person and the cause of order seriously threatened by the despots in the fortress, which dominated the town.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The garrison of Antwerp rose and began to make common cause with the friends of the mutineers in the citadel.
worst
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From this reading A Netherland army, composed principally of Walloons, under the command of the incapable Marquis Havre, the reckless de Heze and other nobles appeared before the capital, to prevent the worst.
