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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
any
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
Aves
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
awake
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From this reading “Citizens of Boulogne, awake!”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
bit
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
Boulogne
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From this reading “Citizens of Boulogne, awake!”
bread-winner
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From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
Citizens
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From this reading “Citizens of Boulogne, awake!”
deprived
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From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
dreading
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
drowsy
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
equality
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
escaped
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From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
fallen
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
family
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From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
forget
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
fraternity
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
heavy
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
houses
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
indeed
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
kept
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
listening
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
nerve-racking
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
news
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Citizens of Boulogne, awake!”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
only
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
ordered
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
Paters
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
prisoner
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From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
slept
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
small
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
some
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
somnolence
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
sound
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
tedious
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
ThereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
too
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
tried
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
tyranny
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
vigil
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
waft
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
wakefulness
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
wept
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From this reading Therefore the women wept, and tried to remember those Paters and Aves which the tyranny of liberty, fraternity and equality had ordered them to forget.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
windows
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
women
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From this reading Within the houses, the women too had kept the tedious vigil, listening for every sound, dreading every bit of news, which the wind might waft in through the small, open windows.
worse
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From this reading They had not slept, only some of them had fallen into drowsy somnolence, heavy and nerve-racking, worse indeed than any wakefulness.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If one prisoner escaped, every family in Boulogne would be deprived of the bread-winner.
