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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 Consul’s cook was a young woman of thirty years of age.
age
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From this reading The Consul’s cook was a young woman of thirty years of age.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
attempted
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
Austrian
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
bloody
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
breast
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
completely
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
Consul
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
Consul's
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From this reading The Consul’s cook was a young woman of thirty years of age.
Consuls
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
cook
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
cowardly
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
cross
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
cut
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
death
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
dine
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
dying
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
enjoyment
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
Far
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
fleet
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
garden
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
height
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
herbs
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
heroic
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
late
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
massacre
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
mission
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
more
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
murderersnounUS /ˈmurderers/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
Muscovite
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
performed
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
pointed
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
pounder
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
procure
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
really
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
returning
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
Russian
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
sending
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
shot
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
shots
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
Sinope
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From this reading Far more heroic was the death of the cook of the Austrian Consul, in the late cruel massacre, by the cowardly Russian fleet, at Sinope.
some
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
sword
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
there
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
thirty
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From this reading The Consul’s cook was a young woman of thirty years of age.
thirty-six
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
town
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
two
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From this reading She had performed her mission, and was returning, when a thirty-six pounder shot cut her completely in two.
vanity
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
Vatel
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
very
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
woman
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From this reading The Consul’s cook was a young woman of thirty years of age.
world
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From this reading The Muscovite murderers were at the very height of their bloody enjoyment, and sending shots into the town, when the cook attempted to cross a garden, to procure some herbs; for Consuls _must_ dine, though half the world be dying.
wounded
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From this reading But there was nothing really heroic in the death of Vatel, whose sword was pointed at his breast by wounded vanity.
years
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From this reading The Consul’s cook was a young woman of thirty years of age.
young
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From this reading The Consul’s cook was a young woman of thirty years of age.
