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all
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
almost
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
appeared
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
Armistice
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
back
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From this reading They wanted to get back to civil life, in civil clothes.
bad
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From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
broke
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From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
civil
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From this reading They wanted to get back to civil life, in civil clothes.
clothes
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From this reading They wanted to get back to civil life, in civil clothes.
desperately
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From this reading They wanted to go home, desperately.
discipline
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
distinctions
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
enduring
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From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
get
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From this reading They wanted to get back to civil life, in civil clothes.
go
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From this reading They wanted to go home, desperately.
gone
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
grow
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
home
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From this reading They wanted to go home, desperately.
impatience
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
intensity
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
khaki
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They wanted to get back to civil life, in civil clothes.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
meaning
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
military
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
out
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
patience
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From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
rank
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
restless
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
signing
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
soldiers
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
soon
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
Symptoms
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
system
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They wanted to go home, desperately.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
uniform
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
VI
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
wanted
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From this reading They wanted to go home, desperately.
war
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
whole
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From this reading With the Armistice all meaning had gone out of their khaki uniform, out of military discipline, out of distinctions of rank, and out of the whole system of their soldiers’ life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
years
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From this reading Their patience, so enduring through the bad years, broke at last.
zone
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From this reading VI Symptoms of restless impatience which had appeared almost as soon as the signing of the Armistice began to grow with intensity among all soldiers who had been long in the zone of war.
