used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
matters of personal concern
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading War thunders along the frontiers, and passes beyond them.
in addition
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading War thunders along the frontiers, and passes beyond them.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
cannot
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From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
Cordeliers
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From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
cursings
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From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
dancings
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From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
DantonnounUS /ˈdæntən/
French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
frenziedadjectiveUS /ˈfrenzid/
affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
frontiersnounUS /frənˈtɪrz/
plural of “frontier” — a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading War thunders along the frontiers, and passes beyond them.
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
how
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From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
Jacque
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From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
Jacques
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From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
Latour
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From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
loudlyadverbUS /ˈlaʊdli/
with relatively high volume
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
roused to anger
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
nationsnounUS /ˈneɪʃənz/
plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
on one occasion
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
passesnounUS /ˈpæsəz/
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading War thunders along the frontiers, and passes beyond them.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
continue talking
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
with speed
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
raftersnounUS /ˈræftərz/
plural of “rafter” — one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
Raymond
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From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
Sabatier
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From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading War thunders along the frontiers, and passes beyond them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading THE LETTER Jacque Sabatier is busy in these days, also his master Raymond Latour.
a special situation
From this reading Such a gathering of nations in arms that right and justice may be done, is a new thing.
thundersnounUS /ˈθʌndərz/
plural of “thunder” — a deep prolonged loud noise
From this reading War thunders along the frontiers, and passes beyond them.
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading War thunders along the frontiers, and passes beyond them.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Their private affairs must proceed as quickly as possible, but there are public affairs which must be done at once, which cannot wait, which a frenzied people loudly demand with cursings and dancings and mad songs.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Paris has realized its danger, has known it for weeks past; Jacques Danton, mighty in the Club of the Cordeliers, has urged it with great words, with a great voice which has made the rafters ring; more, he has shown how the danger must be met.
