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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 The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
abandoned
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
Africa
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
ape-man
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
army
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
attack
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
balancenounUS /ˈbalance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
blacks
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
break
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
British
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
clearing
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
coming
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
contiguous
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
diversion
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
doggedly
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
East
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
elapsed
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From this reading Weeks had elapsed.
famishing
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
fire
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
flanking
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
followed
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
force
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
forces
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
German
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
Golden
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
Huns
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
immediately
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
left-flank
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
line
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
lines
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
lion
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
Locket
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
loosed
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
man-eater
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
memorable
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
much
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
native
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
night
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
now
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
Numa
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
numerically
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
offensive
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
own
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
position
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
possession
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
possible
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
railway
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
raked
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
Regiment
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
rendering
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
retreating
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
reverses
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
Rhodesian
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
Second
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
section
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
sections
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
severe
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
slowly
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
soldiers
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
successful
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
suffering
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
superior
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From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
superstitious
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
taken
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
Tanga
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From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
Tarzan
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
terror-stricken
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
trench
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From this reading The Second Rhodesian Regiment had immediately taken possession of the abandoned trench and from this position their flanking fire had raked contiguous sections of the German line, the diversion rendering possible a successful night attack on the part of the balance of the British forces.
trenches
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From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The break in the German lines had followed the clearing of a section of their left-flank trenches of native soldiers by Tarzan and Numa, the lion, upon that memorable night that the ape-man had loosed a famishing man-eater among the superstitious and terror-stricken blacks.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Golden Locket The little British army in East Africa, after suffering severe reverses at the hands of a numerically much superior force, was at last coming into its own.
Weeks
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From this reading Weeks had elapsed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The German offensive had been broken and the Huns were now slowly and doggedly retreating along the railway to Tanga.
