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American
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From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
back
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From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
battle-fields
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
bits
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
bones
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
business
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
Corps
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From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
days
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
decreased
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From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
disciplined
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From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
disjointed
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
earlier
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
experience
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
flesh
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
fragments
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
front
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From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
got
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
grim
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
history
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
horror
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From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
like
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
link
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
men
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From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
months
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
moreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
nerves
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From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
Now
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
pick
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
ReliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
rising
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
scattered
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
setting
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
shrapnel
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
sight
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From this reading The horror has not decreased, but nerves and sight are beginning to be disciplined to it.
stories
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From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
There
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
things
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
together
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From this reading Now things that seemed disjointed are beginning to link themselves together, and the broken bones of history are rising from the battle-fields.
too
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
torn
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From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
up
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the earlier days, moreover, such fragments of experience as one got were torn from their setting like bits of flesh scattered by shrapnel.
whole
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
wild
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From this reading There was no time to pick them up during the first months--the whole business was too wild and grim.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
young
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From this reading The young men of our American Relief Corps are beginning to come back from the front with stories.
