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One Numeral afternoon Noun , they Pronoun passed Verb by Adposition the Determiner encampment Noun of Adposition one Numeral of Adposition the Determiner tribes Noun .
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One afternoon, they passed by the encampment of one of the tribes. One afternoon, they passed by the encampment of one of the tribes.
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afternoon
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- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
- The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
- (informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.
passed
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simple past and past participle of pass
by
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- Near or next to.
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
- Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
- Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
encampment
- A campsite.
- A group of temporary living quarters or other temporary structures.
one
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- The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
- The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
- The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
- The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
of
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- Expressing distance or motion.
- (obsolete) Expressing distance or motion.
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Expressing separation.
- Expressing separation.
- (obsolete) Expressing separation.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Expressing possession.
- Expressing possession.
- Expressing possession.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- (informal) Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- (informal) Expressing a point in time.
the
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- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- (colloquial) Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
they
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- A group of entities previously mentioned.
- A single person, previously mentioned, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female, especially if of unknown, irrelevant or (since 21st century) non-binary gender. Now increasingly used for an unnamed person even if the gender of the person is identified.
- People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
- The authorities: government, police, employers, etc.
- The opponents of the side which is keeping score.