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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 “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
active
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
always
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
angry
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
appearances
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
Blows
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
by-play
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
call
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
combatants
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
contest
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
days
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From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
deck
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
doubtful
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
elsewhere
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
enacting
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
equality
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
exhibition
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
far
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
farce
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
fore-yard-arm
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
former
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
get
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From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
Henry
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
ingeniousadjectiveUS /ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
instance
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
just
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
King
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
lath
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From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
made
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From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
marines
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
more
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
murmuring
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
named
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
nature
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
Nightingale
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
often
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
partook
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
possessors
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
process
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
propriety
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
reached
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
ready
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
recall
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
related
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
Rover
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
scenes
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
sense
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
some
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
sports
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
succeeded
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
success
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
sword
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From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
tenants
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
termination
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
top
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From this reading The contest between the possessors of the deck and those active tenants of the top, so often named, was far from having reached its termination.
tormentors
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
tragedy
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
two
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From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
up
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From this reading “Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: They have been up these two days.”
very
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
VI
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From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
voice
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
waged
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
waisters
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
war
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
well-known
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From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading _King Henry VI._ While the little by-play that we have just related was enacting on the fore-yard-arm of the Rover scenes, that partook equally of the nature of tragedy and farce, were in the process of exhibition elsewhere.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nightingale, however, was always ready to recall the combatants to their sense of propriety, with his well-known wind of the call, and his murmuring voice.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
words
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From this reading Blows had, in more than one instance, succeeded to angry words; and, as the former was a part of the sports in which the marines and waisters were on an equality with their more ingenious tormentors, the war was beginning to be waged with some appearances of a very doubtful success.
