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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 The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
Aix-la-Chapelle
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From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
Alexander
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
all
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
auspices
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
backs
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
best
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
British
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
cause
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
certain
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
city
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
coats
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
conditions
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
dwell
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
Englishman
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
enough
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
established
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
finding
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
foe
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
food
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
forfeited
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
France
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
future
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From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
generality
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
government
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
harbor
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
heads
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
Jacobite
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
Jardine
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
King
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
knowing
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
laird
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
lay
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From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
lodgings
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
lost
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
Louis
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
lumped
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
mouths
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
moving
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
now
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
Paris
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
Peace
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From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
pension
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
put
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
quiet
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
quietly
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
remnant
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From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
roofs
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
Scot
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
Scots
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
scruple
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
security
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From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
street
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From this reading Alexander Jardine, knowing the city, finding quiet lodgings in a quiet street, established himself in Paris.
supported
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Jacobite remnant, foe to the British government, found France its best harbor.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
urged
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From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A quietly moving Scots laird, not Jacobite, yet might be lumped by the generality with those forfeited Scots gentlemen who, having lost all in a cause urged and supported by France, now, without scruple, took from King Louis a pension that put food in their mouths, coats on their backs, roofs over their heads.
year
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From this reading The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle lay a year in the future.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet in Paris, under certain conditions and auspices, Scot or Englishman might dwell in security enough.
