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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 SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
all
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From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
ambition
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
any
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
Army
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The siege had been long as the war had been long.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The siege had been long as the war had been long.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
Built
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
camp
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
churches
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
city
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
Court
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
covered
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
crusade
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From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
desire
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
emulation
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
excitement
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
Fe
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
flavor
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From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
full
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From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
gathered
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
held
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From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
herded
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
Hidalgo
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
likewise
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
livelihood
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
Majesty
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
misery
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
night
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
own
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
palace
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
piece
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
pieces
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
plain
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
plasternounUS /ˈplæstər/
a soft material used to cover and protect a wound
From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
preached
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From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
raised
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
ribbons
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
roofs
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
rose
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
SANTA
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
say
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
siege
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
simple
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
small
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
Spain
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
squares
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
stone
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
tents
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
There
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From this reading There held full flavor of crusade, as all along the war had been preached as a crusade.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
town
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
valor
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
walls
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From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
war
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From this reading The siege had been long as the war had been long.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Built of a piece where no town had stood, built that Majesty and its Court and its Army might have roofs and walls, not tents, for so long a siege, it covered the plain, a city raised in a night.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
wood
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From this reading SANTA Fe rose before me, a camp in wood, plaster and stone, a camp with a palace, a camp with churches.
yes
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From this reading Hidalgo Spain and simple Spain were gathered here in great squares and ribbons of valor, ambition, emulation, desire of excitement and of livelihood, and likewise, I say it, in pieces not small, herded and brought here without any “I say yes” of their own, and to their misery.
