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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 MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
air
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
All
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
attending
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
attired
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
audacitynounUS /ɑːˈdæs.ə.t̬i/
A willingness to take bold risks; insolent and daring boldness that defies all authority.
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
banneret
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The envoy came before the dais.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
came
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
confided
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
Count
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
dais
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From this reading The envoy came before the dais.
debatable
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
desires
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
dressed
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
entertainment
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
envoy
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From this reading The envoy came before the dais.
esquires
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
foe
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
friend
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
given
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
good-looking
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
hall
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
indefinably
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
knight
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
knights
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
lesser
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
Marshal
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
men
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
MONTMAURE
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
other
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
richness
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
Savaric
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
seneschal
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
set
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
Stephen
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
strip
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From this reading All were dressed with a richness; all, indefinably, stood in a debatable strip between friend and foe.
sumptuously
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
THERE
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
three
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
to-day
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
two
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From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
ushered
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
verging
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
very
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
walking
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From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
welcome
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Behind and attending him were two other knights, lesser men; behind these, three esquires.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading MONTMAURE THERE came into the hall, ushered by the seneschal and walking with Stephen the Marshal to whom had been confided his entertainment, a knight banneret, very good-looking, very sumptuously attired, with an air of confidence verging on audacity.
yesterday
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From this reading On yesterday welcome had been given him, and to-day set to hear the desires of Count Savaric of Montmaure.
