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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
anxiety
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From this reading But RoBards knew only his own anxiety.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
back
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
Battery
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the serpent began to move its glittering head.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But RoBards knew only his own anxiety.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
cobblestones
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
engine
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/
every person
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
filled
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
Fire
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
footsore
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
glittering
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From this reading At last the serpent began to move its glittering head.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
head
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From this reading At last the serpent began to move its glittering head.
heart
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
horses
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
house
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
humanity
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
impatient
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At last the serpent began to move its glittering head.
Kings
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
knew
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From this reading But RoBards knew only his own anxiety.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last the serpent began to move its glittering head.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
marched
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
massed
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
men
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
miles
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
mobs
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
move
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From this reading At last the serpent began to move its glittering head.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
only
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From this reading But RoBards knew only his own anxiety.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
own
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From this reading But RoBards knew only his own anxiety.
parade
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
people
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
place
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
procession
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
reached
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
RoBards
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From this reading But RoBards knew only his own anxiety.
rode
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
search
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
serpent
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From this reading At last the serpent began to move its glittering head.
seven
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
sharp
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
spectators
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
street
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
terror
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From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
two
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From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
welter
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From this reading The Fire Kings had left their engine house by the time he reached the place and he had to search for them in the welter of humanity.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading That procession was seven miles long, and everyone who marched or rode, and each of the massed spectators had his or her terror of life at the back of the heart.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The Battery was the point from which the parade was to start and every street within two miles of it was filled with men and horses and mobs of impatient people already footsore with standing about on the sharp cobblestones.
