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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 dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
accoutrements
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
arms
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
aught
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
backs
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
bare
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From this reading They coming on behind would soon be up, and lay it bare.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
character
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
clue
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
coming
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From this reading They coming on behind would soon be up, and lay it bare.
cry
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From this reading Yet he hated in his heart to cry "For the King."
dazzle
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
deception
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From this reading Nor would the deception serve him.
declare
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
doom
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
face
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
give
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
glance
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
hated
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From this reading Yet he hated in his heart to cry "For the King."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet he hated in his heart to cry "For the King."
heart
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From this reading Yet he hated in his heart to cry "For the King."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nor would the deception serve him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
hindered
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet he hated in his heart to cry "For the King."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They coming on behind would soon be up, and lay it bare.
King
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From this reading Yet he hated in his heart to cry "For the King."
lay
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From this reading They coming on behind would soon be up, and lay it bare.
like
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor would the deception serve him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
only
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
own
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
Parliament
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
proclaiming
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
pronounce
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
respond
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
Royalist
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
seeing
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
serve
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From this reading Nor would the deception serve him.
side
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
soldiers
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
soon
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From this reading They coming on behind would soon be up, and lay it bare.
sun
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From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
there
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They coming on behind would soon be up, and lay it bare.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The dazzle of the sun right before his face, and behind their backs, hindered his seeing aught to give a clue to their character--only the glance of arms and accoutrements proclaiming them soldiers.
truthfully
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From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
up
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From this reading They coming on behind would soon be up, and lay it bare.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And as no soldiers were like to be there save on the Royalist side, to declare himself truthfully, and respond "For the Parliament," would be to pronounce his own doom.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet he hated in his heart to cry "For the King."
