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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 As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
all
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From this reading It was a day of gloom and anxiety in all Babylon.
altar
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
anxiety
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From this reading It was a day of gloom and anxiety in all Babylon.
approach
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
Babylon
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From this reading It was a day of gloom and anxiety in all Babylon.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
bitterest
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
calendar
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
call
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
change
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
chariot
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
conjurer
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
cooked
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
curse
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
dared
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
day
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
divine
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dread
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
dress
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
eat
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
enemy
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
food
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
forbiddenadjectiveUS /fərˈbɪd.ən/
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
gloom
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From this reading It was a day of gloom and anxiety in all Babylon.
goddess
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
heads
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a day of gloom and anxiety in all Babylon.
king
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
law
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
malediction
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
month
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
mount
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
own
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
physician
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
poison
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
pronounced
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
remedies
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
sacred
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
sacrifice
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From this reading The king had been forbidden by divine law to eat cooked food, change his dress, mount his chariot, or approach an altar for sacrifice.
Sapanitum
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
seventh
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
sick
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
subjects
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
turn
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
unfortunate
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From this reading The seventh day of the month, sacred to the dread goddess Sapanitum, and by every calendar pronounced an unfortunate day.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
ventured
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
visited
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From this reading Nor had they ventured to breathe a curse against the bitterest enemy, lest the malediction be visited upon their own heads.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a day of gloom and anxiety in all Babylon.
wrathful
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From this reading As for his subjects, they dared not, however sick, call in a physician or conjurer lest the wrathful goddess turn the remedies into poison.
