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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 Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
actions
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
any
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
back
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
crumpled
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
days
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From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
depth
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From this reading To-day it is our turn to sit down and hold the line in depth.
difficult
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
distance
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
down
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From this reading To-day it is our turn to sit down and hold the line in depth.
fighting
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
fourteen
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
Front
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
happened
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From this reading How much has happened since then!
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How much has happened since then!
hold
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From this reading To-day it is our turn to sit down and hold the line in depth.
How
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From this reading How much has happened since then!
Hun
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
It's
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
jotting
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From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
last
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From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
left
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line
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made
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From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
miles
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
mob
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
much
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From this reading How much has happened since then!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To-day it is our turn to sit down and hold the line in depth.
picked
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
rearguard
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
retreat
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
say
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
sit
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From this reading To-day it is our turn to sit down and hold the line in depth.
smashed
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
stubborn
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
suicide-troops
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
swept
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
T
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From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
then
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From this reading How much has happened since then!
there
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
there's
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
To-day
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From this reading To-day it is our turn to sit down and hold the line in depth.
tumultuous
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
turn
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two
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From this reading I I T’. two days since I made my last jotting.
up
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
we've
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From this reading Since then we’ve smashed the Hun Front, crumpled it up and swept it back for a distance of fourteen miles.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
withdrawing
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From this reading It’s difficult to say whether there is any Hun Front left; there’s a mob withdrawing in tumultuous retreat and picked suicide-troops, fighting stubborn rearguard actions.
