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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 WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
achievement
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
adventure
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
after-war
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
Area
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
artist
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
Atkins
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
B
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
Bert
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
break
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British
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
C
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
chosen
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
climax
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
Cockneys
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
collected
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
concerned
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
continuity
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
countless
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
D
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
days
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
doubly
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From this reading Sir Ian's story is doubly fitting.
etc
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
Evening
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
fighting
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
fitting
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
five
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
G
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
GENERAL
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
generation
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
HAMILTON
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
Hamilton's
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
high
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
hundred
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
IAN
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
Ian's
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From this reading Sir Ian's story is doubly fitting.
illustrated
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
immortalised
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imperishable
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
intimately
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
just
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
laughter
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
Legion
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
London
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
M
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
make-up
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
many
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
men's
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
methods
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
Metropolitan
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
much
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
News
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
noble
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
O
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
OPENING
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
pages
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
perpetuation
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
posterity
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
President
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
reason
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
record
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
remembering
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
retelling
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
S
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
shows
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
SIR
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
soldier
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
sometimes
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
spirits
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
story
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
tales
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
there
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
Thomas
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
Tommy
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
tradition
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
vary
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From this reading Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier.
Vice-President
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
war
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
war-time
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From this reading From the countless tales collected by the London _Evening News_ these five hundred, many of them illustrated by the great war-time artist, Bert Thomas, have been chosen as a fitting climax and perpetuation.
welfare
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From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
world
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From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
YARNnounUS /jɑrn/
an informal story or conversation
From this reading WITH AN OPENING YARN BY GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. Vice-President of the British Legion President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion In the remembering, and in the retelling, of those war days when laughter sometimes saved men's reason, Cockneys the world over have left to posterity a record of noble and imperishable achievement.
