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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 good idea," said Pompée; "let us try it."
ahead
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From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
beast
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
carrying
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
despair
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From this reading The squire emitted a shriek of despair.
ditch
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
down
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
emitted
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From this reading The squire emitted a shriek of despair.
feet
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
fell
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
field
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From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
gave
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A good idea," said Pompée; "let us try it."
ground
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
guided
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
handled
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
heavier
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
horses
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
idea
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From this reading "A good idea," said Pompée; "let us try it."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "A good idea," said Pompée; "let us try it."
knee
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
late
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
leaped
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
mount
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
off
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
pass
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From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
Pompée
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From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
Pompée's
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
rein
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
rider
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
said
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From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
shouting
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From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
shriek
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From this reading The squire emitted a shriek of despair.
skilfully
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
some
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From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
squire
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From this reading The squire emitted a shriek of despair.
stop
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From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
SupposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
surrounded
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From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
too
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
try
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From this reading "A good idea," said Pompée; "let us try it."
turn
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From this reading "Suppose we turn into the field, and let them pass?"
turned
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
viscount's
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
way
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From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "They are shouting to some one to stop us," said Pompée; "they have some one ahead of us; we are surrounded!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They guided their horses with rein and knee at the same time, and turned to the left; the viscount's mount, skilfully handled, leaped the ditch, but Pompée's heavier beast took off too late, the ground gave way under his feet, and he fell, carrying his rider down with him.
