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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 For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
All
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
arisen
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
BEFOREprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading FAWKES BEFORE THE KING.
better
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
clasp
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
dead
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
death
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
distinctness
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
Effingston's
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
Elinor
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
eyes
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
FAWKES
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From this reading FAWKES BEFORE THE KING.
feet
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
fixed
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
followed
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
footsteps
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
form
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
forward
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
gilded
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
girl
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
glance
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
grasping
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
great
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From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
growing
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
half
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
hall
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
hands
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
heard
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
House
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From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
KING
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From this reading FAWKES BEFORE THE KING.
leaning
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
lions
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
Lords
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From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
lying
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
ministers
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
moment
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From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
monarch's
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
part
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
peers
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
pervaded
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From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
profound
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
rigid
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
room
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
see
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
side
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
startling
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From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
stillness
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From this reading For a moment a great stillness pervaded the House of Lords.
stricken
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From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FAWKES BEFORE THE KING.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
throne
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
tightly
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From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All followed the monarch's glance, the ministers and peers leaning forward to better see the stricken girl growing rigid in the clasp of death.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The King had half arisen from the throne, his hands tightly grasping the gilded lions on either side, and his eyes fixed upon the dead form of Elinor, lying at Effingston's feet.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading So profound was the silence in the great hall, that the footsteps of those without were heard with startling distinctness in every part of the room.
