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A Wounded Name
A Wounded Name

Chapter II

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Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.
Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.
There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.
We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.
We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.
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A Wounded Name

Chapter II

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.
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Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.
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There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.
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We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.
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We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.”

Another noun US /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.”

Either determiner US /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading “Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.”

Faithful noun US /ˈfaithful/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.”

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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 Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

actual

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

address

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

army

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

away

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

battle

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

brevet

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

brevets

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

brevetted

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

cases

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

close

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

colonels

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From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

days

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

deep

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

deluge

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

didn't

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

difference

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

disbursing

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

dress

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

escaped

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

faithfulnounUS /ˈfaithful/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

Few

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

field

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

file-closer

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From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

followed

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

functions

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From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

generals

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

heels

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

indeed

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

Just

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

man

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

matter

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

men

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

meritorious

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

much

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

mustering

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

officer's

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

pedometer

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

persons

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

pole

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

poured

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

pretext

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

purely

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From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

rank

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

recruiting

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

seen

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

services

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

set

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

six

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

soaked

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

some

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From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

squadron

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.

stars

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

There

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

title

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From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

up

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

war

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From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

well-authenticated

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

well-preserved

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From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Just what an officer's actual rank might be in the days that followed close on the heels of the war was a matter no man could tell from either his dress or address.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Few indeed were they who escaped the deluge of brevets that poured over the army and soaked some men six deep.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading We had colonels by title whose functions were purely those of the file-closer.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading There were well-authenticated cases of well-preserved persons who had never so much as seen a battle, and were yet, on one pretext or another, brevetted away up among the stars for "faithful and meritorious services" recruiting, mustering or disbursing.

yoke

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From this reading We had generals by brevet who had never set squadron in the field and didn't know the difference between a pole yoke and a pedometer.