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1916
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
bestowed
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
business
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
carried
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
demands
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
developing
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From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
distracted
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
ending
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
fallen
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
far
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
followed
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
forecast
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
forecasts
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
heaping
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
horrors
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From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
immediate
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
issues
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Business men were in business to make money.
manifold
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
many
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
materially
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
measure
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
men
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
money
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From this reading Business men were in business to make money.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
other
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
own
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From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
particular
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From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
period
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
person
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
procession
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
prosperity
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
purposes
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
rather
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
REFLECTIONS
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
spread
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From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
spring
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
struggle
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
summer
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
SUNDRY
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
sweat
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
Thompson
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
tides
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
Tommy's
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
too
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
triumphal
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
Vancouver
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
varying
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From this reading But the varying tides of war, and the manifold demands of war, bestowed upon Vancouver a heaping measure of prosperity, and Vancouver, in the person of its business men, was rather too far from the sweat and blood of the struggle to be distracted by the issues of that struggle from its own immediate purposes.
war
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From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
war's
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From this reading Tommy's forecast of the war's ending had fallen short as so many other forecasts did.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The war went on, developing its own particular horrors as it spread.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Business men were in business to make money.
Wes
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
winter
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From this reading SUNDRY REFLECTIONS That winter and the summer which followed, and the period which carried him into the spring of 1916, was materially a triumphal procession for Wes Thompson.
