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La Determiner Garde Suisse se Pronoun tenait Verb au garde-à-vous.
Determiner
Pronoun
Verb
The Swiss Guards stood to attention. The Swiss Guards stood to attention .
Words and sentences
la
-
the (definite article)
garde suisse
Swiss Guard
se
- The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
- The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
- The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
- The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
- The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
- The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
- The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
tenait
third-person singular imperfect indicative of tenir
au
Contraction of à le (“to the, for the, at the”).
Suisse
-
Swiss person
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garde
-
- a watch, guard
- a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps.
- sentry service performed by soldiers.
- soldiers doing the sentry service
- any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis.