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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 ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
balls
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
beautiful
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
danced
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
Doreen
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
exceptions
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From this reading The ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
fancy
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From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
few
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From this reading The ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
found
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
instant
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
lashed
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From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
LAST
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loud
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
many
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
MEAL
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From this reading MOILEY'S LAST MEAL.
militia
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
Miss
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
MOILEY'S
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From this reading MOILEY'S LAST MEAL.
netted
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From this reading The ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
officers
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
outcry
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
pitchcaps
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From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
please
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From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
predicament
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
presence
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
promises
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
rascals
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From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
recovered
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
ringleaders
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From this reading The ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
riot
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From this reading The ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
shaken
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
shock
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
speedily
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
sudden
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From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
tragedy
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
vengeance
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
vociferous
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Doreen speedily recovered her presence of mind, shaken for an instant by the sudden shock of the predicament in which she found herself.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
wish
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From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The ringleaders of the riot were, with a few exceptions, netted.
Wolfe
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would she wish the rascals to be lashed, or would pitchcaps please her fancy?
young
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From this reading The young officers of militia, many of whom had danced at balls with the beautiful Miss Wolfe, were loud in their outcry over the tragedy, vociferous in promises of vengeance.
