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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 Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
back
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
bank
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
breaking
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
briskadjectiveUS /brɪsk/
energetic and quick
From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
bunk
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
C
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
Captain
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
Company
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
considerable
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From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
counter-attack
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
course
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
cried
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
crumbled
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
distance
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From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
down
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
elbow
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
Exploits
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
Fifty
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
find
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
flank
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From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
flowed
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
forming
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
fringe
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
front
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
German
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
going
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
great
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From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
grey
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From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
ground
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
heaps
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
here
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
hold
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
infantry
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
it's
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
little
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
magic
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
marking
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
mass
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
matter
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
minutes
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
moved
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
O
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
once
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
opposite
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
outer
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
overlapped
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From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
rose
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
run
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
Say
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
shattered
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
slope
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
solid
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
sprung
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
stream
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
strong
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
suddenly
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
tell
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
there
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
there's
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
thick
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
Tomkins
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From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
up
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
view
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From this reading In front of the wood a solid mass of German infantry had suddenly sprung into view as if by magic, and, forming up elbow to elbow, moved down the slope, breaking into a brisk run.
village
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
wave
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From this reading The great grey wave overlapped A Company for a considerable distance on either flank.
we're
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From this reading Say it's a matter of minutes if we're going to hold the village."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
willow
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
wood
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
yards
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From this reading Fifty yards beyond the outer fringe of those crumbled heaps a little stream flowed, a shattered willow here and there marking its course, and from the opposite bank the ground rose to what had once been a thick wood.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Exploits of A Company "Tomkins!" cried the Captain, "bunk back to the C.O. if you can find him, and tell him there's a strong counter-attack on.
