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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 DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
all
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
AlthoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
assembled
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
barracks
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
beehive
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
brick
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
buildings
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
busy
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
captive
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
cells
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
CHALLENGE
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From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
children
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
cities
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
clan
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
comb
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
community
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From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
considered
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
cover
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
crowded
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From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
cubicle
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
demanded
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
doubling
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
DUELIST'S
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From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
erections
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
feasting
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
fighting
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
funeral
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
hundred
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
Inside
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From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
kind
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
large
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
lived
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
lot
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
makeshift
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
meant
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
men
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
much
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
mud
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
normally
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
numbered
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
numerous
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
only
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
out
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
own
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
Paft's
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
privacy
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
red
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From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
regular
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
resembled
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
Salariki
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
servants
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
share
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
small
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
stockadenounUS /ˈstockade/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
tenting
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
there
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From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
timber
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From this reading So that the mud brick and timber erections of one of their clan cities resembled nothing so much as the comb cells of a busy beehive.
town
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
two
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
unmarried
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
up
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From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
warriors
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From this reading The Salariki demanded privacy of a kind, and even the unmarried warriors did not share barracks, but each had a small cubicle of his own.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DUELIST'S CHALLENGE Inside the red stockade there was a crowded community.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Not all of them normally lived at this center, but for the funeral feasting they had assembled--which meant a lot of doubling up and tenting out under makeshift cover between the regular buildings of the town.
wives
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From this reading Although Paft's was considered a large clan, it numbered only about two hundred fighting men and their numerous wives, children and captive servants.
