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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 THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
Almost
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
AppearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
away
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From this reading And the Bosche trenches were only two hundred yards away!
BATTLE
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Battlefield
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Bosche
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From this reading And the Bosche trenches were only two hundred yards away!
bother
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From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
CAR
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Corpses
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Death-dealing
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Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
fascinated
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From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
First
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
forgot
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From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
Fritz
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Ground
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heads
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From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
hundred
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From this reading And the Bosche trenches were only two hundred yards away!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What in the world was it?
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
JUGGERNAUT
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Left
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Makes
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Marvellous
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moment
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From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
Monster
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Most
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movements
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From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
Much
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Object
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
only
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From this reading And the Bosche trenches were only two hundred yards away!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
parapet
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From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
peeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
Pictures
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Realism
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stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
Strewn
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
Surprised
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Surprises
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
Tank
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
there
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From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
thing
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From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
Things
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
too
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From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
trenches
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From this reading And the Bosche trenches were only two hundred yards away!
triflenounUS /ˈtraɪfəl/
something that needs very little effort
From this reading We were too fascinated by the movements of the weird-looking object to bother about such a trifle as that!
two
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From this reading And the Bosche trenches were only two hundred yards away!
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
UspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What in the world was it?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
Weird-looking
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From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
well
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From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As we stood there peering at the thing, we forgot for the moment that our heads were well above the parapet.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What in the world was it?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE JUGGERNAUT CAR OF BATTLE A Weird-looking Object Makes Its First Appearance Upon the Battlefield--And Surprises Us Almost as Much as It Surprised Fritz--A Death-dealing Monster that Did the Most Marvellous Things--And Left the Ground Strewn with Corpses--Realism of the Tank Pictures.
world
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From this reading What in the world was it?
yards
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From this reading And the Bosche trenches were only two hundred yards away!
