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affronts
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From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
anxious
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
audience
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “We have but three hundred men-at-arms, madam,” said the Count of Nullepart.
Castile
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From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
Castilian
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
cause
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
comprehend
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
councillors
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
Count
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
days
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
dispositionnounUS /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/
the way something is arranged or positioned
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
EMBASSY
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
foreboding
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
FRANCE
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
gate
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From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
gates
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
gloomily
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
God
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We have but three hundred men-at-arms, madam,” said the Count of Nullepart.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
hundred
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From this reading “We have but three hundred men-at-arms, madam,” said the Count of Nullepart.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
intercourse
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
journeying
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
learn
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From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
madam
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
MADAM'S
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
man
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
manner
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
men-at-arms
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From this reading “We have but three hundred men-at-arms, madam,” said the Count of Nullepart.
more
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
NEPHEW
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
Nullepart
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
particularly
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
princes
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
puissant
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
said
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
sat
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
Sir
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
sooner
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From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
speed
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
steel
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From this reading “The sooner Castile affronts our gate the sooner shall he learn our steel.”
temper
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
terminated
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
three
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
together
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
twenty
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From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
unfortunate
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From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We have but three hundred men-at-arms, madam,” said the Count of Nullepart.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading OF MADAM’S EMBASSY TO HER NEPHEW FRANCE WHEN the audience had terminated in this unfortunate manner, madam’s three councillors sat long together in anxious intercourse.
wilful
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From this reading “God speed his journeying, Sir Count,” said madam, the wilful cause of our foreboding.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “If I comprehend the disposition of man,” said the Count of Nullepart gloomily, “and more particularly the temper of princes, the puissant Castilian will be before our gates in twenty days.”
