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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 EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
appeared
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
armistice
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
aroused
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
AVIATION
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
became
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
become
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
brief
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
career
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
case
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
chemistry
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
convalescence
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
dispensary
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
drink
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
EARLY
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
end
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
experiences
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
few
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
followed
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
hospital
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
hours
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
idea
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
infection
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
interest
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
knew
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
medical
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
medicine
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
minor
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
much
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
New
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
nursing
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
operations
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
patient
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From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
people
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
perhaps
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
period
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
physician
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
picked
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
pneumonia
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
put
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
rather
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
several
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
supply
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EARLY AVIATION At the end of my brief hospital career I became a patient myself.
there
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
too
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
Toronto
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
up
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From this reading I picked up an infection and there followed several minor operations and a rather long period of convalescence.
ward
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From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
whiskey
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a case of too much nursing, perhaps with too long hours, in the pneumonia ward.
wouldn't
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From this reading At Toronto I had been put into the dispensary because I knew a little chemistry and because it appeared I was one of the few people who wouldn’t drink the medical supply of whiskey.
York
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From this reading My brief experiences aroused my interest in medicine, and after the armistice I went to New York with the idea that I might become a physician.
