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490
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
always
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Among those who fought on this famous field was Themistocles.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
Athenians
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From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
B
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
banished
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
bravely
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
C
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
day
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From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
famous
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From this reading Among those who fought on this famous field was Themistocles.
fear
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From this reading Now their fear was forgotten.
feared
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
field
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From this reading Among those who fought on this famous field was Themistocles.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Now their fear was forgotten.
fought
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
Go
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From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
gods
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From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
great
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
Greeks
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
inspired
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
ISLAND
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
land
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
long
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
Marathon
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
MILTIADES
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
Now
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From this reading Now their fear was forgotten.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
PAROS
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
Persians
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
prosper
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From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
said
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From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
SAILS
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
still
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
struggle
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
sure
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
Themistocles
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From this reading Among those who fought on this famous field was Themistocles.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Among those who fought on this famous field was Themistocles.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Among those who fought on this famous field was Themistocles.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading ‘It was as though on the day of Marathon the gods had said to the Athenians, “Go on and prosper.”’
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
UntilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
victors
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From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
victory
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now their fear was forgotten.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Among those who fought on this famous field was Themistocles.
won
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From this reading MILTIADES SAILS TO THE ISLAND OF PAROS Until the Greeks won their great victory at Marathon, in 490 B.C., they had always feared the Persians.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They had still a long struggle before the Persians were banished from their land, but, inspired by the memory of Marathon, the Greeks fought bravely and were sure always that they would be the victors.
