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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 Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
All
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
appeared
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
arching
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
Ariæus
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
arose
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
assigned
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
attack
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
body-servants
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
Boges
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
brick
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
chamber
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
chamberlain
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
cool
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
Darius
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
day
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
disturbed
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
door
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
elegantly
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
envoy
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
evaporated
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
even
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
feast
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
floor
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
Gardens
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
guards
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
heat
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
high
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
kept
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
king
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
lads
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
lately
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
less
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
little
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
master
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
merry
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
mightily
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
mood
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
murderous
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
Nebuchadnezzar
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
old
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
own
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
palace
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
Persian
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
pierced
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
prince
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
prince's
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
private
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
refreshing
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
retinue
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
roof
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
room
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
rooms
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
serving
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
spacious
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
sprinkled
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
suite
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From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Darius the envoy had been assigned a spacious suite of rooms in the old palace of Nebuchadnezzar; he had his own guards, his own retinue of Persian body-servants.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
there
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
tiled
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
vapour
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
vaulted
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
water
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From this reading During the heat of the day the serving lads sprinkled the brick floor with water, and, as this evaporated, there arose a cool and refreshing vapour.
whispering
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From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Boges, who kept the door, was whispering to Ariæus the chamberlain that their master must have been mightily disturbed over the murderous attack on the king during the feast in the Gardens.
windows
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From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The prince’s private chamber was a high vaulted room, elegantly tiled, with little windows pierced in the arching roof.
wont
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From this reading All that afternoon the prince had kept to his chamber, and appeared to be in even less of a merry mood than had been his wont lately.
