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1639
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
arrived
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
assembled
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
Auvergne
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
bathed
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
bush
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
Celebrated
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
children
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
country
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
covered
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
Crimes
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
direction
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
door
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
dust
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
Eight
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
end
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
escort
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
excessive
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
expedition
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
extremity
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
folk
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
hanging
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
heat
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
horsemen
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
horses
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
important
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
inn
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
man
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
march
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
men
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
midday
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
mounted
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
noise
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
northern
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
old
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
only
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
Paris
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
place
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
police
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
proceed
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
province
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
provost
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From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
recommenced
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
return
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
set
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
showed
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
spinningnounUS /ˈspɪnɪŋ/
the act of making thread from fibers
From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
street
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
sweat
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From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
there
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
troop
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
village
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
Volumes
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
walk
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From this reading The woman and her children showed him a bush hanging over a door at the end of the only street in the village, and the escort recommenced its march at a walk.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition.
woman
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From this reading A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.
year
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From this reading _From the set of Eight Volumes of "Celebrated Crimes"_ About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris.
