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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 No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
acted
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
aged
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
Amon
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
ardent
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
axe
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
Bai
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
became
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
bring
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
chief-prophet
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
children
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
city
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
darted
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
death
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
destruction
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
divinity
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
duties
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
dwelt
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
Egyptian
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
failed
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
feeble
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
flood
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
follow
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
forced
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
freedmen
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
frenzied
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
grasped
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
hatchet
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
hated
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
Hebrew
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
Hebrews
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
high-priest
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
holies
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
holy
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
housewife
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
How
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
hundreds
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
increased
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
inferior
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
join
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
knew
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
longing
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
loved
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
Men
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
met
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
mob
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
people
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
pouring
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
prophet
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
pursued
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
quarter
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
remote
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
representative
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
Rui
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
rushed
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
rushing
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
scarcely
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
second
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
seek
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
servants
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
slaves
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
snatched
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
streets
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
sweeps
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
swelling
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
thousands
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
throng
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
torrent
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From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
valley
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
various
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From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
vengeance
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From this reading As the flood, pouring into the valley, sweeps everything before it, the people, rushing to seek vengeance, forced every one they met to join them.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Bai, the second prophet of Amon, who acted as the representative of the aged and feeble chief-prophet and high-priest Rui, went into the holy of holies, the throng of inferior servants of the divinity pursued their various duties, and the frenzied mob rushed through the streets of the city towards the distant Hebrew quarter.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No Egyptian from whom death had snatched a loved one failed to follow the swelling torrent, which increased till hundreds became thousands.
winged
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
women
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From this reading Men, women, and children, freedmen and slaves, winged by the ardent longing to bring death and destruction on the hated Hebrews, darted to the remote quarter where they dwelt.
workman
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From this reading How the workman had grasped a hatchet, the housewife an axe, they themselves scarcely knew.
