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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 In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BISHOP AND COUNT.
arbors
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
assistants
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
baker
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
bath
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
bed
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
BISHOP
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From this reading BISHOP AND COUNT.
butcher
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
carpenter
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
Cautin
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
church's
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
city
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
Clermont
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
cook
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
COUNT
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From this reading BISHOP AND COUNT.
counting
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
crystalline
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
cultivated
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
cup
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
cup-bearer
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
domestic
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
ecclesiastical
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
episcopacy
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
equipped
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
evening
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
excellent
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
excellently
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
far
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
feather
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
female
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
fish
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
forests
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
game
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
gardens
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
girls
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
gold
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
green
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
harvests
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
highly
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
holy
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
hounds
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
hundred
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
inhabited
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
latter
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
lawns
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
lay
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
Magnificent
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
male
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
man's
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
mason
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
master
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
meadows
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
most
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
often
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
palace
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
personnel
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
ponds
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
purpled
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
season
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
seat
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
shoemaker
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
situated
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
slaves
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
softly
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
spiced
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
springs
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
stables
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
stocked
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
summer
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
superintendent
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
supplied
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
surroundings
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
tailor
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
thick
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
tucked
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
turner
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
Two
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
villa
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From this reading In the summer season Bishop Cautin inhabited a villa situated not far from the city of Clermont, the seat of his episcopacy.
vines
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
vineyard
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
warm
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
washerwomen
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
weavers
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
well
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From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
wine
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From this reading Every evening one of these girls took to Bishop Cautin, who lay softly tucked on a feather bed, a cup of warm and highly spiced wine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Magnificent gardens, crystalline springs, thick arbors, green lawns, excellent meadows, gold harvests, purpled vines, forests well stocked with game, ponds well supplied with fish, excellently equipped stables--such were the surroundings of the holy man's palace.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
young
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From this reading Two hundred ecclesiastical slaves, male and female, cultivated the church's "vineyard," without counting the domestic personnel--the cup-bearer, the cook and his assistants, the butcher, the baker, the superintendent of the bath, the shoemaker, the tailor, the turner, the carpenter, the mason, the master of the hounds, besides the washerwomen and the weavers, most of the latter young, often handsome female slaves.
