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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 Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
all
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
Babylon
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
banners
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
banquet
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
base
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
battles
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
bearing
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
Belshazzar's
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
bonfires
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
brick
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
bright
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
brightly
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
broad
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
bulls
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
chamberlains
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
chariot
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
circuit
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
closely
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
cooks
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
court
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
cressets
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
crowned
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
day
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
displayed
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
enamelled
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
eunuchs
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
faced
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
flambeaux
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
formed
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
gallop
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
gate
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
gateways
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
great
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
grooms
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
guarding
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
guardsmen
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
harem
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
history
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
house
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
hundred
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
inner
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
inward
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
king's
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
learn
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
light
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
lion-hunts
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
lit
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
masts
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
mere
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
Nightfall
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
nobleman
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
out
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
palace
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
peered
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
pictured
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
processions
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
regarded
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
royal
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
see
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
servants
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
shivered
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
sieges
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
sometimes
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
streamed
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
thousand
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
thundered
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From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
tiles
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In and out streamed the palace servants—eunuchs of the harem, cooks, grooms, chamberlains, guardsmen; sometimes a chariot thundered through at a gallop, bearing a nobleman to Belshazzar’s banquet.
towers
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
trailed
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From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
walls
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
whole
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From this reading As one peered inward from the gate, he could see the whole broad court of the king’s house lit bright as day by cressets and bonfires.
winged
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From this reading Nightfall—the light of a thousand flambeaux shivered over the great winged bulls guarding the palace gateways.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The bulls formed the base of towers faced with brightly enamelled brick, and crowned with masts whence trailed the royal banners.
years
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From this reading The pictured tiles on the inner walls displayed their lion-hunts, battles, processions, and sieges, so that he who regarded them closely could learn all the history of Babylon for a hundred years by a mere circuit of the court.
