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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 And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
all
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
banner
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
bodies
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
came
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From this reading They came to the Conqueror, and knelt.
Church
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From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
Close
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
Conqueror
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
contrast
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
dejected
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
Duke
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
entered
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
faces
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
far
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
homely
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
humble
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
joy
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
knelt
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From this reading They came to the Conqueror, and knelt.
laughed
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
like
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
lords
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
lowly
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
marsh
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
meat
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
meteors
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
mien
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
mildly
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From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
monks
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
mournful
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
moving
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
near
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
pavilion
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
permitted
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
piles
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
plain
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
Rise
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From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
said
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From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
sate
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
Saxon
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
search
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
serge
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
sons
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From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
splendournounUS /ˈsplendər/
magnificent and impressive appearance
From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
talked
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
tent
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
there
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They came to the Conqueror, and knelt.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
torches
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
two
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
up
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From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
Victory-Feast
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From this reading And as he sate, and talked, and laughed, there entered the tent two humble monks: their lowly mien, their dejected faces, their homely serge, in mournful contrast to the joy and the splendour of the Victory-Feast.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Rise up, sons of the Church,” said William, mildly, “for sons of the Church are we!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
William
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From this reading Close by his banner, amidst the piles of the dead, William the Conqueror pitched his pavilion, and sate at meat.
women
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From this reading And over all the plain, far and near, torches were moving like meteors on a marsh; for the Duke had permitted the Saxon women to search for the bodies of their lords.
