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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 Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
able
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
acknowledging
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
alike
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
allocution
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
brother-in-law
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
Cabildo
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
Casa
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
chief
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
Church
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
country
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
courtesy
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
dignified
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
Don
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
easy-going
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
exasperated
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From this reading The political Gefe had been exasperated.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
fixed
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
Gefe
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From this reading The political Gefe had been exasperated.
Gould
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
Grand
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From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
heard
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
high
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
idea
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
Intendencia
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
Jose
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
keep
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
low
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
magistrate
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
official
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
only
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
out
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
outraged
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
penitent
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
Plaza
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
political
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From this reading The political Gefe had been exasperated.
popular
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
prison
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
ranks
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
reparation
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
results
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From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
salutations
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
sunset
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
throw
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
troops
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
unattended
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
very
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
Vicar's
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From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
visited
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
waiting
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From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
walking
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From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
well
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From this reading But he could not very well throw the brother-in-law of Don Jose into the prison of the Cabildo.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Even from the short allocution to the troops on the Plaza (which only the first ranks could have heard) he had not been able to keep out his fixed idea of an outraged Church waiting for reparation from a penitent country.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The chief magistrate, an easy-going and popular official, visited the Casa Gould, walking over after sunset from the Intendencia, unattended, acknowledging with dignified courtesy the salutations of high and low alike.
zeal
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From this reading These were the results of the Grand Vicar’s zeal.
