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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 Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
all
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
Argus
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From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
arrived
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
assistants
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From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
battle
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
bullets
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From this reading When Yates reached the tent, he found it empty and torn by bullets.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When Yates reached the tent, he found it empty and torn by bullets.
conflict
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
contents
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
crisis
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
disappointed
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
empty
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From this reading When Yates reached the tent, he found it empty and torn by bullets.
entrance
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
field
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
fight
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From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
five
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From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
fortunes
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
fragments
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
Hang
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From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
jar
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
man
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From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
probably
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
raging
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
reached
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
realized
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
Renmark
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
said
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From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
sample
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
saw
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From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
see
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From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
sent
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From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
smashed
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
some
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
strewn
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
tent
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From this reading When Yates reached the tent, he found it empty and torn by bullets.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
things
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
torn
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From this reading When Yates reached the tent, he found it empty and torn by bullets.
tried
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
want
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From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
wanted
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From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
war
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From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The fortunes of war had smashed the jar, and the fragments were strewn before the entrance, probably by some disappointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
wonder
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From this reading “Hang it all!” said Yates to himself, “I wonder what the five assistants that the _Argus_ sent me have done with themselves?
Yates
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From this reading Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a crisis.
