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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 In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
ammunition
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
Askaris
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From this reading The dense masses of Askaris simply melted.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
attackers
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
bank
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
belt
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
bullets
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
captured
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
clambered
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
dense
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From this reading The dense masses of Askaris simply melted.
double
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
effect
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
Enfilading
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
fire
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
fittedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪd/
prepared and equipped for a particular purpose
From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
gun
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
hail
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
hurried
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
masses
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From this reading The dense masses of Askaris simply melted.
melted
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From this reading The dense masses of Askaris simply melted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
opened
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
out
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
palisade
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
party
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
place
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
previously
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
promptly
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
quick
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
raised
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
rear
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
Rhodesians
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
Setting
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
short
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
simply
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From this reading The dense masses of Askaris simply melted.
stockade
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
stupendous
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
time
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
totally
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
tripod
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From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
unexpected
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From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Setting the tripod of the captured gun upon the raised bank at the rear of the palisade the Rhodesians fitted a belt of ammunition and promptly opened fire.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Enfilading the attackers the effect of the totally unexpected hail of bullets was stupendous.
WATER
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From this reading WATER!
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
Wilmshurst's
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From this reading In double quick time Wilmshurst's party hurried over the stockade at the same place where they had clambered out a short time previously.
