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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 A THREATENED HORROR.
amounting
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
boots
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
bore
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
captured
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
Castle
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
cut
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
cutting
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
del
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From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
disarmed
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
Domme
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
doom
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
dungeon
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From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
endeavouring
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
feet
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
Gros
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
Guillem
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
HORROR
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From this reading A THREATENED HORROR.
horses
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
indifference
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
knew
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
knowledge
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
linen
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
night
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From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
off
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
Ogier
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From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
old
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
orders
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From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
Peyra
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From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
prevent
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
recovering
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
reins
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
routiers
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
sealedadjectiveUS /siːld/
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
Seigneur
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
some
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
soon
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
stolidity
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
surrounded
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From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
swathed
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
swollen
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From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
taken
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
THREATENED
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From this reading A THREATENED HORROR.
thrown
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From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
usual
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From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By his orders, Ogier del' Peyra was thrown into a dungeon for the night.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN Gros Guillem returned to the Castle of Domme, his feet were so swollen that the boots had to be cut off, and his feet swathed in linen.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The old Seigneur had been surrounded, disarmed, and captured by some of the _routiers_ while recovering their horses, which Ogier was endeavouring to prevent by cutting their reins.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As soon as he was taken he knew that his doom was sealed, and he bore the knowledge with his usual stolidity, amounting to indifference.
