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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 CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
amazing
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
any
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From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
Armoured
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
Bey
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
bolted
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
CAPTURE
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
car
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
causes
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
celerity
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
column
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
commandant
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
communication
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
Company
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
consternation
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
easy
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
effects
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
eighty
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
established
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
failed
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From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
firing
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
Flying
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
garden
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
gates
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
get
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
Ghalib
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
headquarters
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
Indo-European
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
junction
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
Kasvin
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
latter
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
Major
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
MIANEH
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
mile
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
miles
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
much
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
near
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
north
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
office
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
Osborne's
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From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
out
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
papers
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
personal
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
raid
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
Reconnoitring
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
road
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
round
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From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
sets
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
shot
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
small
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From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
some
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From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
soon
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From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
south-east
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
speedily
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
Tabriz
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
Telegraph
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From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Indeed, the latter bolted from Zinjan with amazing celerity, so much so that their commandant, Major Ghalib Bey, left behind some of his papers and personal effects.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
thus
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
town
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
Tribesmen
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
Turks
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
turned
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From this reading Osborne's small party soon turned up, having failed to round up any Turks.
up
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From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
villa
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
Wagstaff
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAPTURE OF MIANEH Armoured car causes consternation--Reconnoitring the road--Flying column sets out--An easy capture at the gates of Tabriz--Tribesmen raid the armoured car--And have a thin time--Turks get the wind up.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Indo-European Telegraph Company had an office in Zinjan, and we were speedily in communication with Kasvin, eighty miles to the south-east.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
Zinjan
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From this reading Zinjan having thus passed into our hands without the firing of a shot, the Wagstaff column established its headquarters in a garden villa a mile north of the town, near the junction of the road to Mianeh.
