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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 place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have already described the stone-houses.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
assembled
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From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
away
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
Billing
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
boggy
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
came
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
commons
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From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
crowd
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From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
declivity
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
Deep
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
dell
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
described
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From this reading I have already described the stone-houses.
dietnounUS /ˈdiet/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
down
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
enormous
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From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
falls
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
feast
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
ground
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have already described the stone-houses.
heathnounUS /hiːθ/
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
held
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have already described the stone-houses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
Landolf
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
level
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
lies
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
men
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
middle
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
Moor
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
nobles
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From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
noon
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
number
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From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
other
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
place
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
priests
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From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
rising
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
sacred
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From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
sacrificial
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
Saxons
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From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
seven
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
side
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
soft
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
stone-houses
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There are seven of them, a number which must have been held sacred among the Saxons.
There
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From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
travelled
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From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
vast
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From this reading The place lies in the middle of a vast, level heath, on the soft declivity of a rising ground, which on the other side falls away sharply down to a boggy dell.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were an enormous crowd of free men assembled, priests, nobles, and commons.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "'The morning after the sacrificial feast at the Deep Moor, Landolf with the Billing and the free men travelled on to the May diet, which was to be held at the seven stone-houses, and before noon came to the place.
