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Chapter IV
NEWS OF THE ENEMY. Terror and excitement reigned everywhere. The wildest rumours were hourly afloat. London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class. On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.”
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading “On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
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From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY.
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
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From this reading Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
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From this reading Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex, and other places.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
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From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
