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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 FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
Bannister
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
Barnwell
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
become
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
bit
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
block
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
board
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
Bob
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From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
boys
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
buns
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
called
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From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
camp
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
coat
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
coffee
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comrade
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
conundrum
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From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
couch
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
day
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
days
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
doggerel
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
eaten
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enthusiastic
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
evening
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
fallen
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
fellow
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
FIGHTING
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
FLAG
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
fork
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
fun
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
grub
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
hardly
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
Hardtack
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
here's
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From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
hours
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
infantry
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
Inside
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
Johnnies
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
just
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
lay
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
less
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
Lobskous
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
moment
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From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
Mud
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
niggers
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
oh
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
older
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
opening
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
out
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From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
patriotic
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
picket-duty
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
pillow
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
popular
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
pork
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
recently
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
Robert
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
rude
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
run
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salad
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
sat
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
Say
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From this reading After a moment he called out:-- “Say, Bob, here’s a conundrum.
singing
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
small
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
softly
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
soldier
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
soldiering
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
States
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
studying
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
tactics
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
tent
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
tent-mate
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
three
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
two
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
United
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From this reading FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG For three days, Robert Barnwell Bannister had been a soldier of the United States.
volume
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From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
we'll
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From this reading “Mud in the coffee and niggers in the pork, Lobskous salad to be eaten with a fork, Hardtack buns--oh, but soldiering is fun; Never mind the grub, boys, we’ll make the Johnnies run.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the evening of the third day he sat at the opening of his tent studying a small volume of infantry tactics which had fallen into his hands.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
wood
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
young
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From this reading Inside the tent his comrade and tent-mate, a young fellow hardly older and no less patriotic and enthusiastic than himself, just in from two hours of picket-duty, lay resting on a rude board couch, with a block of wood and a coat for a pillow, singing softly to himself a rude bit of doggerel that had recently become popular in camp.
