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1863
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
4
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
actors
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
ago
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
aided
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
also
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
Austria
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
brave
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
calamity
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
cause
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
connivance
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
conquered
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
corps
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
Count
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
crushed
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
days
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
desolation
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
downfall
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
embers
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
events
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
freedom
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
frontier
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
German
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
GROWS
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From this reading HUBERT GROWS MISANTHROPIC.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
hearts
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
history
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
hope
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
HUBERT
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From this reading HUBERT GROWS MISANTHROPIC.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
insurrection
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
main
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
March
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
MISANTHROPIC
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From this reading HUBERT GROWS MISANTHROPIC.
Morynski's
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
nation's
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
national
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
out
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
overthrow
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
patriotic
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
people
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
Polish
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
province
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
Prussia
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
reigned
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
revolt
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
revolution
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
Russia
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
story
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
subdued
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
trampled
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From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
tranquillity
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From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
turning-point
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From this reading The overthrow of Count Morynski's corps had been the turning-point of the revolt on the German frontier.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The Polish insurrection of 1863-4, whose events have already passed into history, was subdued; tranquillity reigned throughout the conquered province, but it was the tranquillity of desolation.
wintry
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Russia, aided by Prussia and with the connivance of Austria, had trampled out the last embers of the revolution.
witnessed
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
year
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From this reading Those wintry March days of a year ago, which had brought such calamity to the main actors in our story, had also witnessed the downfall of a nation's cause and crushed out the last hope of national freedom from the hearts of a brave, patriotic people.
