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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
All
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
allowed
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
any
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
arrived
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
audience
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
AUGUSTA
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
Baroness
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
Berlin
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
bombardment
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
Bülow
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
case
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
circumstances
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
city
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
corners
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
due
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
eight
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
etiquette
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
family
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
Fellner
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
four-and-twenty
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
fulfilled
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
General
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
Hall
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
hours
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
immediate
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
indemnity
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
levy
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
lose
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
morrow
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
night
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
Notices
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
o'clock
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
old
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
only
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
other
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
payment
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
pillage
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
proclaimed
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
QUEEN
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
rapidly
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
receive
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
refusal
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
requirements
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
Roeder
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
Senate
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
sorrowful
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
staff
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
streets
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
ten
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
there
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From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
threatened
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From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there was no time to lose; General von Roeder had allowed only four-and-twenty hours for the payment of the indemnity.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
travelling
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
von
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From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
waiting
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From this reading Notices at the corners of all the streets proclaimed that at ten o'clock on the morrow the general with his staff would be waiting in the old Senate Hall to receive the levy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading QUEEN AUGUSTA All through the night that was so sorrowful for the Fellner family the Baroness von Bülow was travelling rapidly to Berlin, where she arrived about eight o'clock in the morning.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was due at ten o'clock, and in case of refusal the city was threatened with immediate pillage and bombardment.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
written
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From this reading In any other circumstances she would have written to the queen, asked for an audience, and fulfilled all the requirements of etiquette.
