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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 That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
All
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From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
America
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From this reading “America” was like a new word, and the song “America” was like a new song.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
audible
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
auditors
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
became
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
blatancies
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bored
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bright
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From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
bugles
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
came
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
candidates
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church
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closer
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club
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colour
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comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
countryside
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
deep
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
drums
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
dusty
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
feet
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
fifes
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
flaccid
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
flag
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gradually
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
grounds
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
heard
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
hearth
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
leaped
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like
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From this reading “America” was like a new word, and the song “America” was like a new song.
living
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
mechanical
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
million
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
new
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From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
now
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oceans
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
old
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From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
orating
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
patriotics
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rang
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
rouse
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
school
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seeking
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seen
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sharper
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
soil
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
song
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From this reading “America” was like a new word, and the song “America” was like a new song.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
surface
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
symbols
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From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All the old symbols became symbols bright and new, as if no one had ever seen them before.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
things
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From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
time-worn
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
too
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
town
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
training
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From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
two
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
village
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
war
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From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “America” was like a new word, and the song “America” was like a new song.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The bugles rang sharper; the drums and fifes of town and village and countryside were the drums and fifes of a war that came closer and closer to every hearth between the two oceans.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All the dusty blatancies of orating candidates, seeking to rouse bored auditors with “the old flag”; all the mechanical patriotics of school and church and club; all these time-worn flaccid things leaped suddenly into living colour.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading That thunder in the soil, at first too deep within it to be audible, had come to the surface now and gradually became heard as the thunder of a million feet upon the training grounds.
word
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From this reading “America” was like a new word, and the song “America” was like a new song.
