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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 In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
account
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From this reading The fly is dangerous on account of its filthy habits.
all
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
alleys
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
babies
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
back
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
battle
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
breeds
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
campaigns
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
closets
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
comes
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
compare
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
contagious
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
dangerous
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From this reading The fly is dangerous on account of its filthy habits.
deadly
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
death
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
disease
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
diseases
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
due
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
feeds
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
few
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
filth
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
filthy
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
find
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
FLY
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
foes
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
food
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
germ-laden
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
habits
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From this reading The fly is dangerous on account of its filthy habits.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
helpless
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
hospitals
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
HOUSE
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
important
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
insects
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fly is dangerous on account of its filthy habits.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The fly is dangerous on account of its filthy habits.
lives
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
lost
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
man's
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
many
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
more
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
most
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
mouths
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fly is dangerous on account of its filthy habits.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
ORconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
pest
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
played
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
recent
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
slop-barrels
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
Spain
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
streets
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
strife
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
then
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
transmission
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From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
TYPHOID
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From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
waged
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
War
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From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE HOUSE FLY OR TYPHOID FLY In the house fly we find one of man's most deadly foes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
wipes
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From this reading It breeds in filth, feeds on filth in open closets, slop-barrels, on the streets and in back alleys and then comes into the house and wipes this germ-laden filth on our food or on the hands or even in the mouths of helpless babies.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading War can not compare with the campaigns of disease and death waged by this most filthy of all insects.
