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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 A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
airstreams
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
alert
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
all
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
aquiline
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
black
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
bleak
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
BURGOS
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
Calle
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
cappa
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
Casa
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
circling
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
collar
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
colour
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
COMES
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
complexion
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
confirm
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
Cordon
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
country-folk
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
crowd
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
days
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
de
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
del
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
delicately
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
distance
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
distinguished
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
down
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
dressed
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
felt
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
glimpse
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
grew
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
hand
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
hat
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
high
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
icy
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
impression
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
insupportable
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
king
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
loyal
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
made
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
Madrid
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
man
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
marked
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
most
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
moustache
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
nearer
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
night
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
nose
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
olive
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
patiently
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
peasants
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
poured
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
progress
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
Seeing
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
show
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
Sierras
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
slender
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
slightly
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
slow
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
soldiers
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
Spain
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
Spaniard
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
STRANGER
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From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
thicker
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
thronged
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
tourists
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
travelled
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
trimmest
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
up
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
upturned
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
velvet-lined
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From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
vicinity
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
Vitoria
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From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
waited
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS He was a slender, distinguished man, and dressed in black, which is the colour of Spain.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
windy
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From this reading Seeing him, on windy days, when bleak, icy airstreams poured down from the circling Sierras, and made life in Madrid insupportable, one might have marked him down as a Spaniard.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His black felt hat and his velvet-lined _cappa_ with its high collar would show him to be such from a distance, while nearer at hand his olive complexion, his delicately aquiline nose, and slightly upturned black moustache, would confirm the distant impression.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He had come to Burgos from Madrid by an express, and had travelled all night, and yet he was the trimmest and most alert of the crowd which thronged the Calle de Vitoria, a crowd made up of peasants, tourists, and soldiers.
young
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From this reading He made a slow progress, for the crowd grew thicker in the vicinity of the Casa del Cordon, where the loyal country-folk waited patiently for a glimpse of their young king.
