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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 A PAIR OF COLOURS.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
affair
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
Ance
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
battery
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
Berne
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
boy
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
brawled
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
brush
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
came
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
casualty
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
centre
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
chasms
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
check
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
COLOURSnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A PAIR OF COLOURS.
company
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
consider
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
deep
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
difficult
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
Earl
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
engagement
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
flash
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
following
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
food
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
French
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
front
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
grew
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
ground
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
gullies
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
guns
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
Haye
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
heights
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
horrible
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From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
Kildonan
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
la
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
lad
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
laughing
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
list
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
lord
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From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
luxuriance
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
mere
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
Nonsense
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
now
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A PAIR OF COLOURS.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
PAIR
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From this reading A PAIR OF COLOURS.
pan
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
pushed
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
refreshment
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
retiring
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
said
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
sides
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
slaughter
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From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
soon
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From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
spire
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
stony
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I think it horrible, my lord," said I; "and I shall have this slaughter before me for the rest of my life."
throes
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
tobacco-plant
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
torn
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
turf
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
village
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
vine
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
volcanic
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
wall
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
watercourses
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
Well
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From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
wild
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From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Nonsense!" replied the earl, laughing; "you will soon consider such an affair a mere brush, my lad--a flash in the pan."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without food or refreshment we now pushed on, through difficult ground, torn by volcanic throes into deep chasms and stony gullies, where watercourses brawled, and on the sides of which the wild vine and tobacco-plant grew in luxuriance; over the heights of Berne, above Ance la Haye, following the retiring French without a check, until we came upon a village with a spire in its centre, and a battery of guns on a turf wall in its front.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, boy," said the Earl of Kildonan, when I brought him the casualty list of our company, "what think you of your first engagement?"
