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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 DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
abroad
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
AFRESH
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
always
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
Arc
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
Bagdad
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the middle of May Dunsterville began to feel his feet.
beloved
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
beset
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
blow
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
British
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the middle of May Dunsterville began to feel his feet.
C
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
Caucasus
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
centre
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
Christian
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
description
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
difficulties
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
down
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
duel
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
DUNSTERVILLE
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
Dunsterville's
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From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
engaged
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
enviable
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From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
feel
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From this reading By the middle of May Dunsterville began to feel his feet.
feet
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From this reading By the middle of May Dunsterville began to feel his feet.
fighting
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
fresh
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
General
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
Headquarters
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
hindrances
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading By the middle of May Dunsterville began to feel his feet.
home
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
invasion
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
Joan
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
kind
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
local
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading By the middle of May Dunsterville began to feel his feet.
men
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
middle
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From this reading By the middle of May Dunsterville began to feel his feet.
much
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
N
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
O's
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
officers
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
Official
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
officialdom
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
officials
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
own
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From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
paquets
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
parsimonious-minded
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
path
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
petits
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
position
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From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
project
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
Reinforcements
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
Rising
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
road
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
sat
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
strategic
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
STRIKES
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
Tabriz
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
triangular
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
tribes
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
trickling
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From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
Turkish
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From this reading DUNSTERVILLE STRIKES AFRESH Official hindrances--A fresh blow for the Caucasus--The long road to Tabriz--A strategic centre--A Turkish invasion--Rising of Christian tribes--A local Joan of Arc--The British project.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dunsterville's own position was not an enviable one.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Reinforcements were trickling in, officers and N.C.O's., but no fighting men, and always in the _petits paquets_ so beloved by the parsimonious-minded officials who sat at General Headquarters down in Bagdad.
wish
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From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading His path was beset by difficulties of every description, and, much against his wish, he found himself engaged in a kind of triangular duel with British officialdom at home and abroad.
