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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 We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
admitted
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
ajar
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
all
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
arches
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
armor
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
beautiful
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
boy
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From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
built
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
chain
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
Church
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
circular
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
cross-legged
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
door
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
else
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From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
enter
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
entrance
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From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
finding
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
floor
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
forbade
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From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
formerly
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
fought
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
grasping
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
held
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
Holy
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
invited
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From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
knights
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From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
lay
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
made
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
monumental
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From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
Norman
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
nowhere
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From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
precincts
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
priests
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
really
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
representatives
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
saw
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From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
seen
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From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
Sepulchre
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
shields
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
sitting
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From this reading In the body of the church beyond we saw a boy sitting, but nobody either forbade or invited our entrance.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
swords
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
Templars
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
Temple
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
three
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
token
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
two
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From this reading Except two or three, they lay cross-legged, in token that they had really fought for the Holy Sepulchre.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
very
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
vestibule
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From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
warlike
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From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
well-preserved
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From this reading I think I have seen nowhere else such well-preserved monumental knights as these.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We next went to the Temple Church, and, finding the door ajar, made free to enter beneath its Norman arches, which admitted us into a circular vestibule, very ancient and beautiful.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the floor of the vestibule lay about half a score of Templars,--the representatives of the warlike priests who built this church and formerly held these precincts,--all in chain armor, grasping their swords, and with their shields beside them.
