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blades
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From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
Blended
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From this reading Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
Cast
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From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
Dhu
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From this reading Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset!
Donuil
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From this reading Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset!
draw
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From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
eagle
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From this reading Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
Fast
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From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset!
ForwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
gather
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From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
heather
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From this reading Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
how
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From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
Knell
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From this reading Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset!
man
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From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
MEN
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From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
MISSING
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From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
onset
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From this reading Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset!
Pibroch
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From this reading Pibroch of Donuil Dhu Knell for the onset!
plaids
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From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
plume
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From this reading Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
PORT
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From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
Scott
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From this reading —Sir Walter Scott.
See
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From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
set
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From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!
Sir
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From this reading —Sir Walter Scott.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE PORT OF MISSING MEN Fast they come, fast they come; See how they gather!
Walter
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From this reading —Sir Walter Scott.
waves
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From this reading Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
Wide
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From this reading Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Wide waves the eagle plume, Blended with heather.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set!