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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 They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
alike
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
all
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
approached
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
avoiding
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
balmy
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
carefully
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
carriages
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
cast
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
cause
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
change
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
citizens
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
city
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
clergymen
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
companies
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
consider
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
contact
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
CÆSAR
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From this reading JULIUS CÆSAR.
day
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
descend
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
difference
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From this reading But in the quaint outskirts of the town there was still little difference perceptible.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
entered
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
faculties
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
fear
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
find
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
fires
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
flying
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
furniture
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
gaze
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
genial
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
ghosts
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
gliding
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
Heaven
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
heavens
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
heavy
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
horseback
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
household
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
impatience
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
infused
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
instruments
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
JULIUS
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From this reading JULIUS CÆSAR.
laborers
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
leaving
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
lives
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
loaded
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
London
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
met
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
monstrous
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
nature
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
nobles
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
numberless
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
ordinance
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
other
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
outskirts
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From this reading But in the quaint outskirts of the town there was still little difference perceptible.
pale
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
perceptible
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From this reading But in the quaint outskirts of the town there was still little difference perceptible.
pestilence
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
pre-formed
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
put
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
quaint
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From this reading But in the quaint outskirts of the town there was still little difference perceptible.
quality
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
road
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
see
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
sky
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
some
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
spirits
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
state
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in the quaint outskirts of the town there was still little difference perceptible.
stores
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
strange
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
sun
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
there
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From this reading But in the quaint outskirts of the town there was still little difference perceptible.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
things
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
town
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From this reading But in the quaint outskirts of the town there was still little difference perceptible.
true
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
UntoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
vicinity
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
wagons
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From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
warm
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
warning
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As they approached the city, numberless little companies, carefully avoiding contact with each other, met them on the road, leaving the vicinity of the pestilence; on foot, on horseback, and in carriages, with heavy wagons loaded with household stores and furniture, citizens, nobles, clergymen, and laborers, were alike flying for their lives.
western
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From this reading They had at last entered London; it was a genial May day, warm and balmy, and the sun was beginning to descend the western sky.
Why
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
wonder
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From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “You look pale and gaze, And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder, To see the strange impatience of the heavens: But if you would consider the true cause Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, Why all these things change, from their ordinance, Their nature, and pre-formed faculties To monstrous quality, why, you shall find That Heaven hath infused them with these spirits To make them instruments of fear, and warning Unto some monstrous state.”
