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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
ambassadors
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
barons
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From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
bow
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
called
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
calling
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
Confessor's
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
councilnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
Crown
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
crowned
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
day
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Harold would do no such thing.
dropped
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
Duke
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From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
England
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
France
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From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
funeral
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
Harold
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
hunting
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
invasion
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From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
keep
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
King
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
leagued
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From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
maudlin
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
news
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Harold would do no such thing.
nobles
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
Norman
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
oath
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
palace
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
park
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
presently
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
quick
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From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
reached
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
resignnounUS /resign/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
Rouen
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
round
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From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
sent
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Harold would do no such thing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harold would do no such thing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had good need to be quick about it.
together
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From this reading The barons of France leagued together round Duke William for the invasion of England.
very
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From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harold was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor’s funeral.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
William
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From this reading When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and resign the Crown.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Harold would do no such thing.
