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1839
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
5
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
American
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
Ballot-Box
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From this reading [M. W. Beck: "The Ballot-Box" (song).
Beck
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From this reading [M. W. Beck: "The Ballot-Box" (song).
brave
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
bright
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
circumstances
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
combined
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
country
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
danger
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
Democratic
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
disagreeable
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
disturb
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
eagle's
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
emblems
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
eye
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
favour'd
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
Fixed
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
government
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
happy
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
height
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
home
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
honour
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
hovers
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
land's
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
LastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
lofty
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
M
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From this reading [M. W. Beck: "The Ballot-Box" (song).
magazine
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
Many
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
mountain
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
nigh
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
now
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
o'er
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
Palladium
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
pure
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
quenchless
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
quoted
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
review
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
sacred
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
shrine
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
sleepless
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
soaring
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
song
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From this reading [M. W. Beck: "The Ballot-Box" (song).
stars
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
States
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
stripes
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
tranquillity
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From this reading Many disagreeable circumstances now combined to disturb the happy tranquillity of the American government.
treasure
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
unerring
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
United
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
verse
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From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
Volume
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From this reading Here quoted from _The United States magazine and Democratic review_, Volume 5, 1839.
W
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From this reading [M. W. Beck: "The Ballot-Box" (song).
Watch
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
wave
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From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Still may the soaring eagle's quenchless eye, Watch o'er our favour'd country, brave and free, Where the bright stars and stripes in honour wave, The sacred emblems of our liberty.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Last verse: Let your eagle's quenchless eye, Fixed, unerring, sleepless, bright, Watch, when danger hovers nigh, From his lofty mountain height; While the stripes and stars shall wave O'er this treasure, pure and free, The land's Palladium, it shall save The home and shrine of liberty.]
