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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
add
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From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
ARISTOMENES
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From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
arms
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From this reading Beneath their robes the young soldiers carried arms.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
attack
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
attacked
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From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
BeneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Beneath their robes the young soldiers carried arms.
borderland
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
borders
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
carried
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From this reading Beneath their robes the young soldiers carried arms.
close
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
country
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
day
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
determined
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
disguised
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
dominions
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From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
eager
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From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
feast
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From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
feasting
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
fight
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From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
FOX
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From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
gods
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
Laconia
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
lay
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
maidens
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
Messenians
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
midst
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From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
offering
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
own
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
quietly
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From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
robes
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From this reading Beneath their robes the young soldiers carried arms.
sacrifices
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
sent
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
soldiers
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From this reading Beneath their robes the young soldiers carried arms.
Spartans
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From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
stole
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From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They stole quietly in among the Messenians and attacked them in the midst of their feast.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
three
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ARISTOMENES AND THE FOX The Spartans were eager to fight and to add to their dominions.
west
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From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading So they determined to attack the Messenians, whose country lay west of Laconia, close to their own borders.
young
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From this reading Beneath their robes the young soldiers carried arms.
youths
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From this reading One day, while the Messenians were feasting and offering sacrifices to their gods, the Spartans sent three youths disguised as maidens across the borderland.
