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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 SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
ago
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
beechwood
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
begin
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
bombardiers
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
brown
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
BYWAYS
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
CASE
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
Charles
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
Chummy
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
civilian
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
color-print
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
conversation
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
cost
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
difference
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
distances
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
edging
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
end
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
Esdailes
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
eyes
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
faint
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
French
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
give
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
go
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
gone
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
hauntingly
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
headland
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
hours
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
impression
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
innumerable
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
jargon
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
just
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
khaki
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
kilometers
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
later
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
like
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
mean
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
men
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
month
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
motor-bicycles
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
mufti
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
mysteriously
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
new
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
now
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
other
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
out
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
own
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
privates
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
probably
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
proud
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
ragtime
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
received
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
register
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
restaurant
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
rim
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From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
Santon
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
sappers
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
saw
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
say
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
set
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
share
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
slight
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
Smith
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
SOME
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
somewhat
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
speak
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
speaking
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
spent
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
sprinkle
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
story
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
Strictly
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
subtle
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
taking
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
talk
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From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
there
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You know the young men I mean--they still speak of distances in kilometers, can talk for hours on end about motor-bicycles, and sprinkle their conversation with the jargon of ragtime French they are proud to share with their own privates and sappers and bombardiers.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
to-day
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
uniforms
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
unmistakable
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
unnoticed
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
Valentine
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
want
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From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
wear
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
year
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From this reading So I first set these eyes on him during a month I spent with the Esdailes somewhat later in that year.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading A year or so ago you went into a restaurant that was brown as a beechwood with khaki; you go there to-day and the khaki is gone--yet still hauntingly and mysteriously there, edging (as it were) the mufti with a faint rim like a color-print a little out of register.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SOME BYWAYS OF THE CASE I Strictly speaking, it is not on the Santon headland that Charles Valentine ("Chummy") Smith ought to make his first appearance in this story; but it was there that I myself first saw him, and I want to give you my impression of him as I received it, if at the cost of taking a slight liberty with time.
young
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From this reading I may say to begin with that he would probably have passed unnoticed among the innumerable other young men of to-day who at one time looked just a little civilian in their new uniforms but now wear their mufti again with a subtle but unmistakable difference.
