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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 PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
accompanied
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From this reading The King, undiscovered by us, had accompanied our march from the time of our landing.
actually
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
admirable
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From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
alive
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
annihilation
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
attack
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From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
away
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From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
Belisarius
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
bottom
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
briefly
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
cast
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From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
certain
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From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
CETHEGUS
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
citizens
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
Decimum
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
destruction
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From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
escape
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
events
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
experiences
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
greatest
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From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
King
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From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
landing
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From this reading The King, undiscovered by us, had accompanied our march from the time of our landing.
learned
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
march
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From this reading The King, undiscovered by us, had accompanied our march from the time of our landing.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
narrow
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
near
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
night
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
own
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From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
partly
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
passing
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
peril
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From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
plan
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From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
prisoners
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
PROCOPIUS
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
recent
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
says
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
sea
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
sharks
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
spendingnounUS /ˈspending/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
succeeded
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From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The King, undiscovered by us, had accompanied our march from the time of our landing.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
undiscovered
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From this reading The King, undiscovered by us, had accompanied our march from the time of our landing.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This mysterious King brought us into the greatest peril by his admirable plan of attack.
Vandal
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From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
victory
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From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when it had already succeeded, he alone, the King himself, cast away his own victory, and saved us from certain destruction.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: We are actually still alive, and we are spending the night in Decimum, but we have had a narrow escape from passing it with the sharks at the bottom of the sea; never before, Belisarius says, was annihilation so near him.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I will tell you briefly the course of recent events, partly from our own experiences, partly from what we have learned through the citizens of Decimum and the Vandal prisoners.
