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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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absolute
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all
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almost
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American
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Americans
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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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anomaly
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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ark
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arm
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Articles
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AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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came
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code
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comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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comes
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Congress
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constitution
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death
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defences
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despotic
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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dockyards
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eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
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earnestness
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ensign
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evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
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fires
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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form
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freedom
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freemen
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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glance
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glorious
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grafting
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heard
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heart
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how
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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launched
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law
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laws
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like
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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
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monarchies
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monstrous
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most
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much
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national
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Navy
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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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offender
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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origin
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penal
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pistol
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ratified
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representatives
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Republic
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revolving
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ruled
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section
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shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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sobriety
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solemnlyadverbUS /ˈsɑləmli/
seriously and formally
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stars
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stripes
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subjected
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whence came they?
thousands
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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tubes
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Turkish
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tyranny
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unparalleled
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
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usages
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virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
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War
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well
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whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading By what unparalleled anomaly, by what monstrous grafting of tyranny upon freedom did these Articles of War ever come to be so much as heard of in the American Navy?
WhenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Whence came they?
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading And how is it that one arm of the national defences of a Republic comes to be ruled by a Turkish code, whose every section almost, like each of the tubes of a revolving pistol, fires nothing short of death into the heart of an offender?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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