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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 The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
accumulation
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
all
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
altar
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
away
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
bread
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
burnt-offering
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
city
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From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
cleared
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
days
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
disappeared
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
ended
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From this reading The feast of the Passover was ended.
feast
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From this reading The feast of the Passover was ended.
festival
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
food
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
glory
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
gradual
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
homes
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From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
last
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
lofty
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
multitude
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From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
occupations
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From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The feast of the Passover was ended.
OFFICE
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From this reading THE SACERDOTAL OFFICE.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
ordinary
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
Passover
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From this reading The feast of the Passover was ended.
past
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
people
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
pyramid
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
raised
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
resumed
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From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
SACERDOTAL
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From this reading THE SACERDOTAL OFFICE.
seemed
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SACERDOTAL OFFICE.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city.
unleavened
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From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The feast of the Passover was ended.
week
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From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away.
