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60
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
admiringly
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
benefit
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From this reading It was cooked on the table, for the benefit and pleasure of the guests.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
brine
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
colour
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
convives
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
cooked
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From this reading It was cooked on the table, for the benefit and pleasure of the guests.
death
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
dying
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
enclosed
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
ensued
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
enthusiastic
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From this reading The Romans were enthusiastic for the mullet.
excellence
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From this reading It was for them _the_ fish, _par excellence_.
filled
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
fish
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From this reading It was for them _the_ fish, _par excellence_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Romans were enthusiastic for the mullet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
glass
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
gradations
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
guests
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From this reading It was cooked on the table, for the benefit and pleasure of the guests.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was for them _the_ fish, _par excellence_.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
lauded
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
live
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
mackerel
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
made
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
mullet
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From this reading The Romans were enthusiastic for the mullet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was cooked on the table, for the benefit and pleasure of the guests.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was cooked on the table, for the benefit and pleasure of the guests.
paleness
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
par
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From this reading It was for them _the_ fish, _par excellence_.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
pink
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
pleasure
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From this reading It was cooked on the table, for the benefit and pleasure of the guests.
pounds
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
Romans
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From this reading The Romans were enthusiastic for the mullet.
salt
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
scales
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
served
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
six
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
sometimes
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
spectacle
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
sterling
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
stripped
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
table
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From this reading It was cooked on the table, for the benefit and pleasure of the guests.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Romans were enthusiastic for the mullet.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was for them _the_ fish, _par excellence_.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
up
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
vessel
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was for them _the_ fish, _par excellence_.
water
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From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
weight
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Romans were enthusiastic for the mullet.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a glass vessel filled with brine made from water, the blood of the mackerel, and salt, the live mullet, stripped of its scales, was enclosed; and as its fine pink colour passed through its dying gradations, until paleness and death ensued, the _convives_ looked on admiringly, and lauded the spectacle.
worth
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From this reading It was sometimes served up six pounds in weight, and such a fish was worth £60 sterling.
