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1916
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
advance
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
all
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
battle
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
brightening
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
Brussiloff's
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
Cabinet
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
call
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
clouds
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
Crown
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
dark
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
defeat
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
drove
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
early
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
Eastern
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
effect
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
enemy
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
England
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
English
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
expected
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
fear
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
flung
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
followed
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
foolishly
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
front
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
German
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
Hard
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
hearts
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
heaven
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
heroes
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
how
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
joys
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
July
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
June
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
knew
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
line
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
lowering
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
marvellous
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
miserable
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
months
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
more
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
move
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
Office
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
pressed
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
prey
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
Prince
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
recoiled
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
Russia
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
seen
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
shame
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
short-lived
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
showers
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
Siege
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
six
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
soon
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
spiritual
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
sullen
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
summer
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From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the summer of 1916, a dark and miserable June, all chilly showers and lowering clouds, followed on the short-lived joys of May.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
two
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From this reading In June, two months before she was expected to move, Russia flung herself on the Eastern front of the enemy.
Verdun
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
victorious
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
War
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
wedges
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From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
weeks
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From this reading But all through it, still more through the early weeks of July, the spiritual heaven for English hearts was brightening.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Brussiloff's victorious advance drove great wedges into the German line, and the effect on that marvellous six months' battle, which we foolishly call the Siege of Verdun, was soon to be seen.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
worst
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From this reading Hard pressed they were, those heroes of Verdun!--how hard pressed no one in England knew outside the War Office and the Cabinet, till the worst was over, and the Crown Prince, 'with his dead and his shame,' had recoiled in sullen defeat from the prey that need fear him no more.
