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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 The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
adventurer
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
ally
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From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
arrival
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
back
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
Bashi
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
brother
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
brother-in-law
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
busied
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
capital
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
cause
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
city
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
claimants
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
Colonel
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
command
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
commanded
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
Dardania
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From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
Dardanian
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
de
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
depended
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From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
develop
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
Eirene
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
embroidery
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
escort
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
events
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
facto
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
favour
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
felt
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
fingers
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
friend
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From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
frontier
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
garden
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
guard
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
hereafter
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
husband's
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
important
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
jure
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
just
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
Konak
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
Ludmilla
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
made
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
match
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
meet
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
moment
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
officer
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
only
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
paying
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
perceived
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
position
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
Prince
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From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
PrincessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
private
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
progress
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
public
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
receive
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
recognised
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
Roburoff
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
runaway
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
sat
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
Scythian
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
sense
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
sent
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
showed
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
successful
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
taken
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From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
Theophanis
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From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
travellers
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From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
true
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From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
visit
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From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Prince of Dardania was a true friend, an ally to be depended upon.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Eirene had felt this from the moment she perceived that he had sent his brother-in-law in command of the guard which was to meet the travellers at the frontier and escort them to the city.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading True, Colonel Roburoff was only a handsome Scythian officer with whom Princess Ludmilla of Dardania had made a runaway match, but her brother had taken the couple back into favour, and the successful adventurer commanded his Guard.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Princess Eirene Theophanis sat alone in the garden at Bashi Konak, her fingers busied with embroidery, her mind with the progress made by her husband’s cause since their arrival at the little Dardanian capital.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading That he should be sent to receive Prince and Princess Theophanis showed a just sense of their exact position, as claimants _de jure_ of a right not yet recognised _de facto_, paying a private visit from which important public events might hereafter develop.
