Chapter XXVII

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(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

past form of “answer” — react verbally

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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

weapons considered collectively

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

the past participle of “be”

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inflected form of “breed” — call forth

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; “Great Britain” is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

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From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

plural of “briton” — a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

plural of “bugle” — a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

travel across or pass over

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give a description of

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a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

start firing a weapon

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

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educate for a future role or function

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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

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in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

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inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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a small worthless amount

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

and nothing more

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a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

plural of “lad” — a boy or man

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

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From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

a pair of people who live together

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the force of workers available

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

used to say something is possible but not certain

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the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

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impressive in appearance

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a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

above and across; more than

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

participate in games or sport

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

having a pair of equal and opposite charges

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

gather

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interpret something that is written or printed

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sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

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From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

lift onto one's shoulders

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

plural of “son” — a male human offspring

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

young nobleman attendant on a knight

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(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

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From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "Southern Cross and Polar Star-- Here are the Britons bred afar; Serry,[243] O serry them.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

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a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

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From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

plural of “verse” — literature in metrical form

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a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century

From this reading "Sons of Shannon, Tamar, Trent, Men of the Lothians, men of Kent, Essex, Wessex, shore and shire, Mates of the net, the mine, the fire, Lads of desk and wheel and loom, Noble and trader, squire and groom, Come where the bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!_

change directions as if revolving on a pivot

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in or at the place that

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used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

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everything that exists anywhere

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

set down in writing in any of various ways

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the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading See, they ride Under the flag of Britannia's pride; Shoulder to shoulder, down the track, Where, to the unretreating Jack, The victor bugles of Britain play, _Over the hills and far away!"_ In Chapter XXVI. you learned how Britons all over the world answered the call to arms.