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abduction
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
all
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
arrival
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
back
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
baffled
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
cart
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
cavalry
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
Citizen
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
cries
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
crowd
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
difficult
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
Déroulède
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
empty
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
farther
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
find
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
five
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
gone
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
guess
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
heard
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
hoarse
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
hoarsely
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
hoots
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
Juliette
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
keep
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
Lachaise
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From this reading Père Lachaise.
line
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
minutes
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
mob
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
now
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
only
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
prey
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
Père
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From this reading Père Lachaise.
reinforcements
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
river
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
safe
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
Santerne
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
savage
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
seeing
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
side
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
soldiers
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
stormed
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From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
Temple
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
triumph
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From this reading "They are safe in the Temple by now!" shouted Santerne hoarsely, in savage triumph at seeing them all baffled.
unable
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From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Citizen Santerne had been unable to keep the mob back until the arrival of the cavalry reinforcements.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
way
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within five minutes of the abduction of Déroulède and Juliette the crowd had broken through the line of soldiers, and had stormed the cart, only to find it empty, and the prey disappeared.
yells
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From this reading It was not difficult to guess which way the crowd had gone; yells, hoots, and hoarse cries could be heard from the farther side of the river.
