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1431
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
29
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
archers
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
area
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
build
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
burned
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
carpenters
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
companies
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
connecting
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
cordon
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
Darc
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
day
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
death
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
double
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
Early
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
English
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
evening
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
executed
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
extends
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
file
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
files
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
following
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
form
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
Joan
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
leave
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
market-place
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
necessary
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
night
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
others
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
place
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
plant
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
PYRE
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From this reading THE PYRE.
raise
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
relapsed
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
Rouen
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
rumor
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
runs
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
scaffoldings
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
sinner
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
soldiers
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
space
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
spreads
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From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
stake
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From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
street
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
streets
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From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PYRE.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading During the evening of May 29, 1431, the rumor spreads through Rouen that the relapsed sinner is to be burned to death on the following day.
two
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
vacant
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Early the next morning companies of English archers form a cordon around the market-place, where Joan Darc is to be executed, and a double file extends into one of the streets that runs into the place.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading That same night carpenters raise the necessary scaffoldings while others build the pyre and plant the stake.
wide
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From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two files of soldiers leave a wide space between them, connecting the street with the vacant area left around the scaffoldings.
