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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 Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
all
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
arable
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
black
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
costume
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
covered
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From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
crossed
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From this reading It crossed the outlying spurs of the Tmolus range of mountains.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
drawing
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
dressed
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
dust
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From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
enough
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
events
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
exerted
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
fast
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
fields
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
former
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
gates
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
head
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
horsemen
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
horses
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From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
impatience
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It crossed the outlying spurs of the Tmolus range of mountains.
kinds
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
knew
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
land
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
mangers
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
many
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
men
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
mountains
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From this reading It crossed the outlying spurs of the Tmolus range of mountains.
near
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
nearly
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
outlying
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From this reading It crossed the outlying spurs of the Tmolus range of mountains.
pace
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
Persian
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
planted
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
ran
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
range
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From this reading It crossed the outlying spurs of the Tmolus range of mountains.
remaining
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
riders
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From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
riding
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
road
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
rode
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
royal
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
Sardis
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
satisfy
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
seem
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
seen
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
Six
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
spurs
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From this reading It crossed the outlying spurs of the Tmolus range of mountains.
stables
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
sweat
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From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
there
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
Tmolus
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From this reading It crossed the outlying spurs of the Tmolus range of mountains.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
town
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
trees
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
troop
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
two
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From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
weeks
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From this reading Six weeks after these events a little troop of horsemen might have been seen riding towards the gates of Sardis.
well-kept
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From this reading The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The horses and their riders were covered with sweat and dust.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The former knew that they were drawing near a town, where there would be stables and mangers, and exerted all their remaining powers; but yet their pace did not seem nearly fast enough to satisfy the impatience of two men, dressed in Persian costume, who rode at the head of the troop.
