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The Whites and the Blues

Chapter XL

Chapter 40 of The Whites and the Blues is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Alexandre Dumas • Curated US English Learning Edition
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WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.
They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.
Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.
The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.
A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.
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The Whites and the Blues

Chapter XL

Chapter 40 of The Whites and the Blues is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/62 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.
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They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.
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Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.
/ˈdʒæfə wɑːz ˌɪnˈdiːd ə ˈsɪti ʌv mɪˈsfɔːrtʃən fɔːr ˈboʊnəpɑːrt/
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The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.
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A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.
/ə ˈɡreɪvər ənd stɪl mɔːr ləˈmentəbəl nəˈsesəti əˈweɪtɪd ˈboʊnəpɑːrt ɑːn hɪz rɪˈtɜːrn/

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Bonaparte noun US /ˈboʊnəpɑːrt/

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

From this reading “WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.”

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bonaparte's noun US /ˈboʊnəpɑːrts/

possessive form of “bonaparte” — French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

From this reading “WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.”

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Cairo noun US /ˈkaɪroʊ/

a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

From this reading “The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.”

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deceive verb US /dɪˈsiːv/

be false to; be dishonest with

From this reading “WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.”

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Eugene noun US /juːˈdʒiːn/

Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

From this reading “The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.”

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graver noun US /ˈɡreɪvər/

a tool used by an engraver

From this reading “A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.”

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Jaffa noun US /ˈdʒæfə/

a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950

From this reading “WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.”

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lamentable adjective US /ləˈmentəbəl/

bad; unfortunate

From this reading “A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.”

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Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

four thousand noun + noun

In this reading “The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.”

4,104 times in 426,211 chapters
arrived at verb + particle counted as “arrive at”

reach a destination, either real or abstract

In this reading “WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.”

43,893 times in 426,211 chapters
stayed there verb + particle counted as “stay there”

In this reading “They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.”

9,361 times in 426,211 chapters

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24th

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25th

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26th

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27th

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From this reading They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.

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28th

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From this reading They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.

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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 Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.

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arrivedverbUS /ərˈaɪvd/

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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awaitedadjectiveUS /əˈweɪtɪd/

expected hopefully

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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Beauharnais

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From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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BonapartenounUS /ˈboʊnəpɑːrt/

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

From this reading Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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BONAPARTE'SnounUS /ˈboʊnəpɑːrts/

possessive form of “bonaparte” — French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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CaironounUS /ˈkaɪroʊ/

a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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citynounUS /ˈsɪti/

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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Croisier

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From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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denounUS /diː/

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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DECEIVEverbUS /dɪˈsiːv/

be false to; be dishonest with

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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DIDauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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EugenenounUS /juːˈdʒiːn/

Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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fednounUS /fed/

any federal law-enforcement officer

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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fournounUS /fɔːr/

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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FrenchnounUS /frentʃ/

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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gravernounUS /ˈɡreɪvər/

a tool used by an engraver

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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HIMpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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indeedadverbUS /ˌɪnˈdiːd/

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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JaffanounUS /ˈdʒæfə/

a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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lamentableadjectiveUS /ləˈmentəbəl/

bad; unfortunate

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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misfortunenounUS /mɪˈsfɔːrtʃən/

unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

From this reading Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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necessitynounUS /nəˈsesəti/

the condition of being essential or indispensable

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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NOTadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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PRESENTIMENTS

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From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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prisonersnounUS /ˈprɪzənərz/

plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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readernounUS /ˈriːdər/

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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returnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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SEEverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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sentnounUS /sent/

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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shotnounUS /ʃɑːt/

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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stayedverbUS /steɪd/

past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.

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stilladjectiveUS /stɪl/

not in physical motion

From this reading A graver and still more lamentable necessity awaited Bonaparte on his return.

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takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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THATconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.

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TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They stayed there the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.

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thousandnounUS /ˈθaʊzənd/

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Jaffa was indeed a city of misfortune for Bonaparte.

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WEpronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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WHEREIN

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From this reading WHEREIN WE SEE THAT BONAPARTE'S PRESENTIMENTS DID NOT DECEIVE HIM The French arrived at Jaffa on the 24th.

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whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

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willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The reader will remember the four thousand prisoners whom Croisier and Eugene de Beauharnais had taken, who could neither be fed, nor sent to Cairo, and who had to be, and were, shot.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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