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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 With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
accoutre
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
active
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
Alai
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
Allied
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
any
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
appeared
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
army
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Asiatic
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
attend
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
barbaric
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
barrack-yard
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Bashi
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
battalion
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
beating
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
belt
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
blue
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
c
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
calling
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
Callum
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
Catanagh
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
command
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
commanding
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
companies
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
complimentedverbUS /ˈkɑmpləmentɪd/
praised or expressed approval of
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
Constantine
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
dark
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
detachment
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Dhu
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
discipline
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
discredit
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
drums
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
efficiency
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
emotion
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Europe
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
exceptions
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
EXECUTION
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From this reading THE EXECUTION.
faces
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
falling
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
few
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
fierce
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
formed
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
gathering
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
gunners
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
heard
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Hussein
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
keen
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
laboriously
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
like
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Major
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
manoeuvre
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
melancholy
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
men
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
Mir
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
modelled
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
mustered
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
mutually
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
names
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
now
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
officers
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
other
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
own
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
painful
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
parade
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
paraded
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
pipe-clayed
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
pipers
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
playing
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
ponderous
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
portion
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
punctually
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
punishment
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
reader
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
roll
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
Saïd
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
scarlet
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
scene
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
sea
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
sergeants
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
shady
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
slowly
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
smart
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
soldier
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
soon
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
sounded
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
square
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
story
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
sun
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
sword
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
tactic
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
tarbooshes
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EXECUTION.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
three
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
topchis
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
troops
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
trousers
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
truth
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
tunics
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
Turkish
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
two
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From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
Vidimo
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From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
wild
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the melancholy story of Constantine Vidimo in my mind, the reader may imagine with what emotion I heard the Turkish drums beating in the barrack-yard for the punishment parade next morning, and our three pipers playing the _gathering_, for our little detachment, as a portion of the Allied troops, had to attend the painful scene.
words
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From this reading Their faces were dark and fierce, keen and Asiatic; their words of command, like their names, sounded wild and barbaric, as _ours_ must have been to them; but, with a few exceptions, every manoeuvre and tactic were modelled after our own.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The parade was soon formed, and the two commanding officers, Mir Alai Saïd and Major Catanagh, mutually complimented each other on the appearance of their men; and, in truth, this Turkish battalion, in efficiency, order, and discipline, would have done no discredit to any army in Europe.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
Yuze
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From this reading Callum Dhu, now a smart and active soldier, appeared punctually to accoutre me with my pipe-clayed belt, sword, &c., and while the sun was yet below the sea, I issued into the shady square of the Coumbazadjilar-Kislaci, where our sergeants were calling the roll, and where the battalion of the Mir Alai Saïd, with short blue tunics, scarlet trousers, and tarbooshes, were falling in by companies, while a few _topchis_, or gunners, were being slowly and laboriously paraded and mustered by the ponderous Yuze Bashi Hussein.
