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The Soldier Boy
The Soldier Boy

Chapter XXX

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GLORY AND VICTORY.
The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.
The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.
"Johnston!"
"Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.
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The Soldier Boy

Chapter XXX

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
GLORY AND VICTORY.
Line 2
The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.
Line 3
The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.
Line 4
"Johnston!"
Line 5
"Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Ever noun US /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “"Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.”

All words in this reading · 33

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activity

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From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading GLORY AND VICTORY.

arrival

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From this reading The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.

battle

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

became

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

enemy

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From this reading The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.

evernounUS /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

field

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From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

fiercely

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

fire

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

GLORY

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From this reading GLORY AND VICTORY.

hotter

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

indicated

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From this reading The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.

Johnston

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From this reading "Johnston!"

Long-street

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From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

more

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

now

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

raged

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

rebels

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From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

renewed

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From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

resounded

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From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

reënforcements

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From this reading The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.

roused

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From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

shouts

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From this reading The shouts of the enemy indicated the arrival of reënforcements.

side

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From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The battle now raged more fiercely than ever, and hotter and hotter became the fire on every side.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Long-street!" resounded over the field, and roused the rebels to renewed activity.

VICTORY

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From this reading GLORY AND VICTORY.