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acquaintances
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From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
anxiety
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
chamberlain
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
chariot
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
chariots
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From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
chief
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
entered
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
escape
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
head
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
hesitation
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
Hosea
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From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
king
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From this reading [Palace of the king.
king's
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
means
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From this reading The name of Pharaoh means "the Sublime Porte."]
men
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From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
more
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The name of Pharaoh means "the Sublime Porte."]
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
old
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From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
Palace
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From this reading [Palace of the king.
Pharaoh
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From this reading The name of Pharaoh means "the Sublime Porte."]
Porte
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
possible
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
scribe
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
scribes
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
second
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
stepped
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From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
Sublime
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
summon
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From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
surprise
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From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were the head chamberlain and one of the king's chief scribes, come to summon him to the Sublime Porte.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The men who stepped from the chariots were old acquaintances of Hosea.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading No hesitation nor escape was possible, and Hosea, feeling more surprise than anxiety, entered the second chariot with the chief scribe.