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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 Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
advance
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
ARCITE
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From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
armourers
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
attires
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
bands
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
bit
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
buckler
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
champ'd
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
clowns
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
condition
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From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
courser
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
crowding
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
cudgels
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
English
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From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
feet
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
Files
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
foam'd
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
gaudy
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
golden
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
ground
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
guard
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
hammers
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
held
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
helm
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
Knights
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
laced
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
lance
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
liveries
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
loosen'd
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
march
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
miserable
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From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
nails
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
nation
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From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
PALAMON
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From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
palfreys
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
paw'd
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
provide
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
quaint
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
restless
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
retinue
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
ride
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
seemly
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
shields
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
shining
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
side
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
smiths
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
snorting
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From this reading The courser paw’d the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam’d and champ’d the golden bit.
spears
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
squires
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From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
streets
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
sufficiently
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From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
thongs
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From this reading The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen’d spears, and thongs for shields provide.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PALAMON AND ARCITE The condition of the English nation was at this time sufficiently miserable.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
yeomen
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From this reading The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands.
