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againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
aid
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From this reading _On your faith and obedience._ So the heralds to the leaders of the aid from Aquitaine.
ally
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From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
Aquitaine
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
bearing
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Others were despatched to the leaders of the host of Aquitaine before Roche-de-Frêne.
blow
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From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
boundaries
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
Count
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
Counts
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
decisive
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
despatched
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From this reading Others were despatched to the leaders of the host of Aquitaine before Roche-de-Frêne.
detach
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
direct
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From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
Duke
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
FAIRnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
faith
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From this reading _On your faith and obedience._ So the heralds to the leaders of the aid from Aquitaine.
forthwith
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
go
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
GOAL
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
heralds
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
home
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
host
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From this reading Others were despatched to the leaders of the host of Aquitaine before Roche-de-Frêne.
Instead
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
leaders
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From this reading Others were despatched to the leaders of the host of Aquitaine before Roche-de-Frêne.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
lord's
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From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
man
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
MESSENGERS
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
Montmaure
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
obedience
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From this reading _On your faith and obedience._ So the heralds to the leaders of the aid from Aquitaine.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _On your faith and obedience._ So the heralds to the leaders of the aid from Aquitaine.
once
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
Others
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From this reading Others were despatched to the leaders of the host of Aquitaine before Roche-de-Frêne.
own
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
peace
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From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
peremptory
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
Poitou
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
princedom
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
Richard
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
Roche-de-Frêne
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From this reading Others were despatched to the leaders of the host of Aquitaine before Roche-de-Frêne.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _On your faith and obedience._ So the heralds to the leaders of the aid from Aquitaine.
speech
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From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FAIR GOAL MESSENGERS, heralds, bearing decisive and peremptory speech, went from Richard, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Counts of Montmaure.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Others were despatched to the leaders of the host of Aquitaine before Roche-de-Frêne.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Duke Richard was at peace with Roche-de-Frêne; let that host therefore direct no blow against its lord’s ally!
withdraw
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From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Instead, let it forthwith detach itself from Montmaure, withdraw at once from the princedom of Roche-de-Frêne, and, returned within its own boundaries, go each man to his own home.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _On your faith and obedience._ So the heralds to the leaders of the aid from Aquitaine.
