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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 About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
abbey
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
Abd-el-Kader
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
Anjou
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
bare
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
battle
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
bed
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
boy
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
buildings
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
Charles
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
coarse
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
cold
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
confined
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
convent
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
corner
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
cut
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
departure
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
elapsed
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
elbows
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
eleven
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
few
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
fields
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
five
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
floor
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
floored
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
kept
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST OF THE MEROVINGIANS.
leaning
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
looking
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
Martel
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
meet
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
MEROVINGIANS
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From this reading THE LAST OF THE MEROVINGIANS.
month
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
narrow
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST OF THE MEROVINGIANS.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
out
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
room
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
roughly
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
Saturnine
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
sill
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
sons
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From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
spacious
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
St
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
stone
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
table
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST OF THE MEROVINGIANS.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading About a month had elapsed since the departure of Abd-el-Kader and his five sons to meet Charles Martel in battle.
toys
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
twelve
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
vaulted
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From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
window
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The vaulted room in which the boy was kept was cold, spacious, bare and floored with stone.
wood
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From this reading In a corner stood a little bed, and on a table a few toys roughly cut out of coarse wood.
years
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From this reading A boy of eleven or twelve years, confined in the convent of St. Saturnine in Anjou, was leaning on his elbows at the sill of a narrow window on the first floor of one of the buildings of the abbey, and looking out upon the fields.
