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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 It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
announced
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
armed
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
battle
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
Bluewater
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
buried
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
Caesar
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
came
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
characters
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
connected
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
day
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
death
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
deliver
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
down
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
dust
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
fane
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
few
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
flag
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
fleet
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
fortunes
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
give
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
gone
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
hauling
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
HEMANS
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From this reading HEMANS.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
immediately
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
incidents
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
king
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
lay
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
march
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
mizzen
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
Moors
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
more
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
noontide
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
only
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
plain
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
principal
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
rapid
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
remains
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
sketch
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From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
sounding
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
Spain
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
sun
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
sunrise
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From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
Then
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
Tolosa's
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From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The death of Bluewater was announced to the fleet, at sunrise, by hauling down his flag from the mizzen of the Caesar.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It remains only to give a rapid sketch of the fortunes of our principal characters, and of the few incidents that are more immediately connected with what has gone before.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "And they came for the buried king that lay At rest in that ancient fane; For he must be armed on the battle day, With them to deliver Spain!-- Then the march went sounding on, And the Moors by noontide sun, Were dust on Tolosa's plain."
