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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 So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
alarm
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
all
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
applied
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
Arms
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From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
army
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From this reading The scattered fugitives of the Christian army spread terror throughout the land.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
calamity
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
carried
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
chains
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
Christian
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From this reading The scattered fugitives of the Christian army spread terror throughout the land.
consternation
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
Country
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From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
cries
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
defeat
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
despair
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
down
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
faint
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
filled
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
food
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
fountains
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
fugitives
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From this reading The scattered fugitives of the Christian army spread terror throughout the land.
gates
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
gathered
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
groaned
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
heads
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
horrors
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
inhabitants
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
kinds
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
laid
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
lamentations
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
land
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From this reading The scattered fugitives of the Christian army spread terror throughout the land.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
men
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
old
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
public
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
related
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
Roderick
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From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
rouses
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From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
scattered
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From this reading The scattered fugitives of the Christian army spread terror throughout the land.
shook
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
slavery
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
sounded
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
spread
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From this reading The scattered fugitives of the Christian army spread terror throughout the land.
strange
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
tale
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
Terror
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From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading The scattered fugitives of the Christian army spread terror throughout the land.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Terror of the Country.—Roderick rouses himself to Arms.
towns
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
train
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
unlooked-for
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
villages
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
war
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
warfare
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From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land, and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors in its train.
women
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From this reading When they related the tale of their defeat, old men shook their heads and groaned, and the women uttered cries and lamentations.
wounded
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From this reading The inhabitants of the towns and villages gathered around them as they applied at their gates for food, or laid themselves down, faint and wounded, beside the public fountains.
