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abandon
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
affected
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
age
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
beautiful
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
believed
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
blooming
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
cause
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
City
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
complete
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
confessor
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
deeply
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
Domremy
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
English
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
fall
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
father's
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
fatherland
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
favorite
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
flocks
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
habits
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
heard
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
hope
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
impressions
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
Joan
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
King's
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
last
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
left
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
longed
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
lost
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
meditate
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
more
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
nature
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
new
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
News
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
Orleans
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
person
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
raising
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
reached
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
Scarcely
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
seventeen
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
siege
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
situation
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
solitude
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
solitudes
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
some
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From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
tending
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
then
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
there
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
thoughts
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
time
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
told
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
unchanged
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Scarcely had Joan heard the news before she left the village to meditate upon this new situation in some one of her favorite solitudes.
used
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From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
village
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From this reading News of the siege of the City of Orleans by the English at last reached the village of Domremy.
villagers
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She longed to abandon herself to her thoughts and impressions in solitude as she used to do when tending her father’s flocks.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
wretchedness
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From this reading No one was more deeply affected by it than Joan, for she believed from what her confessor had told the villagers that with the fall of Orleans the King’s cause would be lost, that there was no hope for the raising of the siege, and that the wretchedness of the fatherland would then be complete.
years
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From this reading She was at this time about seventeen years of age, blooming and beautiful in person, but unchanged in nature and habits.
