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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 They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
accommodation
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
accompanied
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
away
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
birches
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
bloody
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
blows
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
breath
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
Butler
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From this reading Butler.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
captives
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
Christian
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
compose
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
duel
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
dwarf-clusters
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
end
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
expense
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
feathered
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
few
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
forth
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
glades
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
got
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
holding
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
hollow
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
horsemen
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
inclination
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
increased
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
mediation
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
mile
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
moor
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
more
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
narrow
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
necessary
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
nobis
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
now
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
oaks
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
occupied
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
pace
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
plains
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
Quantum
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
quarrelnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
ravines
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From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
some
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
soon
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines, or occupied in dwarf-clusters the hollow plains of the moor.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
Tillietudlem
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
treaty
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
try
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
we've
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From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Quantum in nobis, we’ve thought good To save the expense of Christian blood, And try if we, by mediation Of treaty, and accommodation, Can end the quarrel, and compose This bloody duel without blows.
woodlands
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
woods
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From this reading They had now for more than a mile got free of the woodlands, whose broken glades had, for some time, accompanied them after they had left the woods of Tillietudlem.
zealous
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From this reading The increased pace of the party of horsemen soon took away from their zealous captives the breath, if not the inclination, necessary for holding forth.
