1804
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From this reading Victory, June 6th, 1804.
30th
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From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
31st
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From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
6th
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From this reading Victory, June 6th, 1804.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
advantageousadjectiveUS /ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs/
giving an advantage
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading There ends, for a century, all republics!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
capriciousadjectiveUS /kəˈprɪʃəs/
changeable
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
a period of 100 years
From this reading There ends, for a century, all republics!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
declarationnounUS /ˌdeklərˈeɪʃən/
a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
Emma
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From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
the male ruler of an empire
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading There ends, for a century, all republics!
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
apart from; not including
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
feu
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From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
joie
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From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading Victory, June 6th, 1804.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
republicsnounUS /riˈpʌblɪks/
plural of “republic” — a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading There ends, for a century, all republics!
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There ends, for a century, all republics!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
Toulonnoun
a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading Victory, June 6th, 1804.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading However, I think it must, in any way, be advantageous to England.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a capricious nation those French must be!
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Since I wrote you, my Dearest Emma, on the 30th and 31st May, nothing new has happened; except our hearing the _feu de joie_ at Toulon, for the declaration of Emperor.
