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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 Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
accident
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was the day after Luneville and Gerbeviller.
ago
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
any
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
attractive
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
automobile
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
bag
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
Beckett
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
black
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
book
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
carries
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
day
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From this reading It was the day after Luneville and Gerbeviller.
dear
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
eyes
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
faded
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
feel
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
fought
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
gave
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
Gerbeviller
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From this reading It was the day after Luneville and Gerbeviller.
ghosts
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
give
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
gorgeously
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
half-filled-up
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
hand-bag
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
happen
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
it's
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
Jim's
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
just
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
keep
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
letters
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
like
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
live
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
lost
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
Luneville
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From this reading It was the day after Luneville and Gerbeviller.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
men
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
Mother
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
often
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
only
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
Padre
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
pages
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
put
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
real
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
scribble
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
see
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
shoulder
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From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
stolen
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From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Still--something might happen: an automobile accident; or the bag might be lost or stolen, though it's not a gorgeously attractive one, like that in which Mother Beckett carries Jim's letters.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
trenches
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the day after Luneville and Gerbeviller.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I keep this book that you gave me in my hand-bag, and no eyes but mine see it--unless, dear Padre, you come and look over my shoulder while I scribble, as I often feel you do!
white
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
won't
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
word
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
write
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From this reading I had to give my word not to tell or write any one just where these trenches are, so I won't put details in black and white, even in pages which are only for you and me.
wrote
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From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Since I wrote you last, Padre, I have been in the trenches--real, live trenches, not the faded, half-filled-up ghosts of trenches where men fought long ago.
