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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 Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
ADVANCE
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
arms
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
army
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
artillery
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
battery
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From this reading One battery is to go with us.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "These people must be the champion liars of the world.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
cavalry
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
champion
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From this reading "These people must be the champion liars of the world.
colonel
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
content
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From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
delight
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From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
discussed
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doing
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From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
drive
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
enough
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
go
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From this reading One battery is to go with us.
heard
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
hundred
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
inventing
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From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
John
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
liars
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From this reading "These people must be the champion liars of the world.
lies
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From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
march
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
marching
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
mess
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
miles
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "These people must be the champion liars of the world.
news
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
out
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
people
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From this reading "These people must be the champion liars of the world.
prevent
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From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
road
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
said
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
seem
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From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
Sir
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From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "These people must be the champion liars of the world.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
three
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
travelled
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
twenty
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One battery is to go with us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ADVANCE "It is enough to drive Sir John out of his senses," the colonel said, as the news was discussed after mess.
way
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From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Not content with doing nothing themselves, they seem to delight in inventing lies to prevent our doing anything for them.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Who ever heard of an army marching, without artillery and cavalry, one way, while these arms travelled by a different road entirely, and that not for a march of twenty miles, but for a march of three hundred?
world
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From this reading "These people must be the champion liars of the world.
