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accepted
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
ASHESnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
back
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
barge
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
carry
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
completion
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
conflicting
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
conspirators
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From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
Czar
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
decision
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading They were used to do so.
entertaining
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From this reading Her guests were entertaining themselves without her.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
far-off
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From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
freedom
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
funeral
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
give
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
glided
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
gondola
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
guests
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From this reading Her guests were entertaining themselves without her.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her guests were entertaining themselves without her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
Island
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
Kreskowsky
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
largely
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From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
living
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
made
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
means
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
measure
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
Nikolajevsk
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From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
parties
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
past
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
Pestel
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From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
plan
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
quickly
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
regardless
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
represented
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From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They were used to do so.
SPARKS
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Her guests were entertaining themselves without her.
there
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From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were used to do so.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
To-night
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
used
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From this reading They were used to do so.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The conspirators were largely represented; even Pestel, from far-off Nikolajevsk, was there.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her guests were entertaining themselves without her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Her guests were entertaining themselves without her.
work
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From this reading To-night the conflicting parties were to measure themselves; the decision was to be made which plan should be the accepted one: the one which should give freedom by means of the Czar; or that which, regardless of him, living or dead, should carry the work to its completion.
Zeneida's
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From this reading SPARKS AND ASHES Zeneida's gondola glided quickly past the funeral barge back to Kreskowsky Island.
