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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 When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading XXXII Heavily the weeks went by.
Campton
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
continue
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
contrasted
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
country
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
Dastrey
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
days
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
death
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
dragging
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
events
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
exchangednounUS /ˈexchanged/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
felt
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From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
hand-clasp
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
headlong
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
Heavily
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From this reading XXXII Heavily the weeks went by.
hours
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
hundreds
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
inactively
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
lapse
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
latter's
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
like
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
Louis
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
men
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
met
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
nephew
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
other
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From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
Paul
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
race
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
roar
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
sacrificed
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
sat
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
say
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From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
silent
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
slow
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
smoke
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XXXII Heavily the weeks went by.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
then
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
there
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From this reading As Campton had felt from the first, there was nothing left for them to say to each other.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
thousands
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
two
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From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
wait
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
weeks
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From this reading XXXII Heavily the weeks went by.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading XXXII Heavily the weeks went by.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Campton met Paul Dastrey for the first time after the death of the latter’s nephew, the two men exchanged a long hand-clasp and then sat silent.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
world
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From this reading The world continued to roar on through smoke and flame, and contrasted with that headlong race was the slow dragging lapse of hours and days to those who had to wait on events inactively.
XXXII
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From this reading XXXII Heavily the weeks went by.
young
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From this reading If young men like Louis Dastrey must continue to be sacrificed by hundreds of thousands to save their country, for whom was the country being saved?
