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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 There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
all
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
army
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
asylum
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From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
attack
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From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
Avanti
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From this reading "_Avanti, avanti, Signori briganti!
battle-field
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From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
briganti
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From this reading "_Avanti, avanti, Signori briganti!
called
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
characters
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
commander
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From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
Demons
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
desperate
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
escape
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From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
highwaymen
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
idlers
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
imprisonment
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From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
Italian
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
led
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From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
Legion
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
lost
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
made
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
majority
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From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
members
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
morality
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
Napoleon's
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
notorious
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
outcasts
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
regiment
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
respectability
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
sense
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
Signori
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From this reading "_Avanti, avanti, Signori briganti!
sixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
society
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
sought
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From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
There
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
thus
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From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
troop
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From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
up
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
urge
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From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was a notorious troop with Napoleon's army, the sixth Italian regiment, which was called the "Legion of Demons."
wont
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From this reading When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus:
worse
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From this reading The majority of them had sought the asylum of the battle-field to escape imprisonment or worse.
worthless
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From this reading The troop was made up of worthless members of society--idlers, highwaymen, outcasts, and desperate characters, who had lost all sense of respectability and morality.
