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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 Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
all
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
army
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
bayonets
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
brink
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
bronze
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
columns
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
Condemned
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
crept
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
curves
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
Day
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
dice
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
fellow
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
glittering
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
heroes
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
huge
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
II
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From this reading II.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN TWO VOLUMES VOL.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
LastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
like
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
line
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
lost
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
lying
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
making
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
march
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
mountain
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
moved
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
Munkholm
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
musketeers
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
narrow
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
passes
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
Peter
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
ravine
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
regiment
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
RÉGNIER
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From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
scales
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
serpent
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
Skongen
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Last Day of a Condemned Peter, good fellow, has lost his all at dice.--RÉGNIER.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
Throndhjem
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From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
torrent
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
triumphal
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
TWO
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From this reading IN TWO VOLUMES VOL.
VOL
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From this reading IN TWO VOLUMES VOL.
VOLUMES
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From this reading IN TWO VOLUMES VOL.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The regiment of musketeers from Munkholm was on the march through the narrow passes lying between Throndhjem and Skongen.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
wound
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From this reading Sometimes it moved along the brink of a torrent, and the long line of bayonets crept through the ravine like a huge serpent with glittering scales; sometimes it wound around a mountain, making it look like one of those triumphal columns about which curves an army of heroes in bronze.
