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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 A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
accordance
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
attached
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
balloons
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
blue
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
Brigadier-General
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
building
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
carrying
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
chart
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
colored
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
command
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
corridors
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
desk
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
different
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
district
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
drew
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
enemy
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
exclaimed
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
field
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
fighting
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
fro
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
general
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
green
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
green-headed
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
headquarters
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
heads
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
hurried
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
INFORMATION
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
insurrectos
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
joined
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
juggled
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
jump
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
ladrones
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
LEAK
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
little
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
localities
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
map
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
messages
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
MILITARY
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
months
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
more
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
mounted
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
nearly
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
officers
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
offices
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
ones
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
orderlies
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
other
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
out
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
outside
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
Palilo
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
pins
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
pondered
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
recent
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
replaced
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
represented
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
sat
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
score
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
several
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
six
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
soldiers
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
spacious
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
staff
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From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
success
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From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
tags
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From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
testily
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From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They jump about as if they were mounted in balloons,” he exclaimed testily as he drew out several green-headed pins and replaced them in accordance with recent information in other localities on the map.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading In the spacious corridors outside orderlies hurried to and fro, carrying messages from the several officers of the staff whose offices joined that of the general.
Wilson
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From this reading A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION Brigadier-General Wilson sat at his desk in the headquarters building at Palilo.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Before him was a chart of his military district, and while he pondered he juggled a score or more of different colored pins with little tags attached to them.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Those pins with blue heads represented soldiers of his command in the field against the enemy while the ones with the green heads were the ladrones or insurrectos, whom he had been fighting without success for nearly six months.
