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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 This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
ages
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
army
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
barrack
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
Bavaria
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From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
best
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From this reading The service takes three of the best years of a young man's life.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
camp
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
caserns
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From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
city
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From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
continuously
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
crowded
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From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
customers
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
desert
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
field
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
forty-five
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
full
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From this reading Speaking of soldiers, Munich is full of them.
go
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
harvest
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
huge
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From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
hundred
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From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Speaking of soldiers, Munich is full of them.
kingdom
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From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The service takes three of the best years of a young man's life.
line
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From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
man
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
man's
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From this reading The service takes three of the best years of a young man's life.
matter
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
Munich
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From this reading Speaking of soldiers, Munich is full of them.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
obliged
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Speaking of soldiers, Munich is full of them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
regiment
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
rots
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
serve
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
service
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From this reading The service takes three of the best years of a young man's life.
several
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
shop
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
soldiers
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From this reading Speaking of soldiers, Munich is full of them.
Speaking
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From this reading Speaking of soldiers, Munich is full of them.
takes
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From this reading The service takes three of the best years of a young man's life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Speaking of soldiers, Munich is full of them.
There
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From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
thousand
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From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
three
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
troops
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From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
twenty
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From this reading This little kingdom of Bavaria has a hundred and twenty thousand troops of the line.
twenty-one
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
uncared-for
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
weeks
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There are huge caserns in every part of the city, crowded with troops.
year
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
years
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From this reading Every man is obliged to serve in the army continuously three years; and every man between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five must go with his regiment into camp or barrack several weeks in each year, no matter if the harvest rots in the field, or the customers desert the uncared-for shop.
young
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From this reading The service takes three of the best years of a young man's life.
