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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
Aisne
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From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
back
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
became
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From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
better-prepared
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
Bit
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
Britain
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
came
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From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
Cateau
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
Chantilly
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
cheer
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From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
citizens
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From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
coast
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
Compiégne
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
fall
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
forced
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From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
France
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
further
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
Fère
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
German
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
going
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From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
hostile
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
hosts
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
hunted
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From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
hunters
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From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
hurled
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From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
La
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
Le
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
lines
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
Marne
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From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
Mons
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
near
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
now
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
other
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
Ourcq
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From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
outflanking
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
overlapping
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
Paris
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
prevent
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
pursuers
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From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
quarry
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From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
Quentin
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
rush
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
satisfaction
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From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
Scottish
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From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
spread
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From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
St
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
there
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From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Bit by bit, each to prevent the other overlapping and outflanking, the hostile lines had spread further and further towards the coast.
tumultuous
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
turned
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From this reading But there the quarry turned and hurled itself at its pursuers.
very
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From this reading France and Britain had had to fall back before the tumultuous rush of the better-prepared German hosts,--from Mons to Le Cateau,--to St Quentin,--to La Fère,--to Compiégne,--to Chantilly,--very near Paris now.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The hunters became the hunted and were forced back to the Marne, across the Ourcq, to the Aisne.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And it was while this was going on that the Scottish came to Paris for the cheer and satisfaction of its citizens.
