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Gustaf Vasa is a superb example, and Charles 10,, the conqueror of Denmark, hardly less so. | Gustaf Vasa | {
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"someone who is victorious by force of arms"
]
} | [
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Gustaf Vasa is a superb example, and Charles 10,, the conqueror of Denmark, hardly less so. | Denmark | {
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]
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Gustaf Vasa is a superb example, and Charles 10,, the conqueror of Denmark, hardly less so. | hardly | {
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} | [
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Gustaf Vasa is a superb example, and Charles 10,, the conqueror of Denmark, hardly less so. | less | {
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Gustaf Vasa is a superb example, and Charles 10,, the conqueror of Denmark, hardly less so. | so | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | Oersted | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | represented | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | minimal | {
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"minimal%3:00:00::"
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | chance | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | attaining | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | greatness | {
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"greatness%1:07:00::"
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | serving | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | so | {
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"so%4:02:02::"
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | well | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | long | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | span | {
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Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life. | life | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | born | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | small | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | Danish | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | town | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | Rudkoebing | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | island | {
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"a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water",
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]
} | [
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | Langeland | {
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"location%1:03:00::"
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | south central | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | part | {
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | Denmark | {
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]
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | August | {
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"august%1:28:00::"
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He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777. | 14 | {
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]
} | [
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"fourteenth%5:00:00:ordinal:00"
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His father Soeren was the village apothecary whose slender income made it difficult to feed his family, let alone educate them in a town without even a school. | father | {
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"`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in th... | [
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"father%1:18:00::"
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His father Soeren was the village apothecary whose slender income made it difficult to feed his family, let alone educate them in a town without even a school. | Soeren | {
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"person%1:03:00::"
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His father Soeren was the village apothecary whose slender income made it difficult to feed his family, let alone educate them in a town without even a school. | was | {
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"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
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His father Soeren was the village apothecary whose slender income made it difficult to feed his family, let alone educate them in a town without even a school. | village | {
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His father Soeren was the village apothecary whose slender income made it difficult to feed his family, let alone educate them in a town without even a school. | apothecary | {
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]
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"apothecary%1:18:00::"
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His father Soeren was the village apothecary whose slender income made it difficult to feed his family, let alone educate them in a town without even a school. | slender | {
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"income%1:21:00::"
] |
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