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1851
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
adversary
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
All
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
allied
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
appear
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
black
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
Bonapartists
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From this reading Of these parties, only two were of real cohesion: the Legitimists and the Bonapartists.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
closely
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
cohesion
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From this reading Of these parties, only two were of real cohesion: the Legitimists and the Bonapartists.
common
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
contending
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From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
five
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From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
four
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
France
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
friendly
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
historians
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
Legitimists
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From this reading Of these parties, only two were of real cohesion: the Legitimists and the Bonapartists.
letters
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
marked
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
mastery
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From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
minds
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
Moderate
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
moment
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
once
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
only
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From this reading Of these parties, only two were of real cohesion: the Legitimists and the Bonapartists.
Orleanists
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
other
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
parties
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From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
past
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
politics
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
position
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
power
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
present
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
real
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From this reading Of these parties, only two were of real cohesion: the Legitimists and the Bonapartists.
red
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
Republicans
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
secure
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
Shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
Socialists
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
summer
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
tear
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
There
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From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
too
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From this reading The Socialists, the Moderate Republicans, and the Orleanists were too closely allied in the past to be friendly in the present.
tossed
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
two
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From this reading Of these parties, only two were of real cohesion: the Legitimists and the Bonapartists.
unite
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
unstable
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From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
war
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were, at this time, five parties contending for mastery.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Should one of these appear for the moment to be about to make itself secure in power, the other four would at once unite to tear the common adversary from his unstable position.
year
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From this reading All through the summer of 1851--a year to be marked for all time in the minds of historians, not in red, but in black letters--the war of politics tossed France hither and thither.
