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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: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
all
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
almost
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From this reading That yields almost as many killed as wounded.
Althias
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From this reading Fara, Althias, and Johannes,--all three are wounded.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fara, Althias, and Johannes,--all three are wounded.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
battle
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
Belisarius
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
CETHEGUS
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
commanders
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
conflict
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
decides
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
distance
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
eight
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
encounter
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
Fara
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From this reading Fara, Althias, and Johannes,--all three are wounded.
fate
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
forty-nine
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
fought
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From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
hundred
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From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
Johannes
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From this reading Fara, Althias, and Johannes,--all three are wounded.
killed
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From this reading That yields almost as many killed as wounded.
kingdom
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
lost
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
many
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
men
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
only
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
perhaps
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From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
picked
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
PROCOPIUS
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
safe
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
seen
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
solely
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
strange
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
sword
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From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That yields almost as many killed as wounded.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
three
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From this reading Fara, Althias, and Johannes,--all three are wounded.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
usually
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
Vandal
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
Vandals
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From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
very
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
warriors
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From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In this, which decides the fate of the Vandal kingdom, we have lost in all only forty-nine men, but solely picked warriors, and among them eight commanders.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
witnessed
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From this reading PROCOPIUS TO CETHEGUS: I have witnessed many a battle, many a conflict of Belisarius,--usually from a very safe distance,--but never have I seen so strange an encounter.
wounded
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From this reading Fara, Althias, and Johannes,--all three are wounded.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet we have not many--perhaps a hundred--wounded men, as the Vandals fought only with the sword.
yields
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From this reading That yields almost as many killed as wounded.
