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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 A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
archway
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
blinding
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
bricks
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
buildings
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
burst
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
came
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
choked
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
clapping
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
clatter
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
cobble-stones
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crash
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
crashing
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
cries
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
diving
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
down
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
dozens
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ducks
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
encouragement
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
falling
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
fat
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From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
fie-ald
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From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
flash
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
flung
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
flying
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
fragments
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
girl
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From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
glass
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
Go
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From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
group
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
hailing
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
horrible
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
jarring
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just
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
Khaki
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From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
laughter
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
lay
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From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
light
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
like
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
masonry
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
off
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
outward
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
piercing
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
pretending
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
race
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
rattle
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
roarednounUS /roared/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
round
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
rubbish
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
runners
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
screams
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
seconds
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
shell
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
shrill
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
shut
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
side-street
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
smoke
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
soldiers
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
some
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
sound
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
sounds
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
spurt
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
square
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
stones
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
there
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
tinkling
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
torrent
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
two
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From this reading "Go on, Khaki! go on!--two to one on the fat girl; two to one--I lay the fie-ald."
upward
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From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
urging
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
watching
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From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A group of soldiers standing in the archway shouted laughter and encouragement, pretending they were watching a race, urging on the runners.
windows
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From this reading They choked off suddenly, and for some seconds there were no sounds but those of falling fragments, jarring and hailing on the cobble-stones, of broken glass crashing and tinkling from dozens of windows round the square.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Their cries and clapping shut off, and they disappeared like diving ducks as the shell roared down, struck with a horrible crash one of the buildings in a side-street just off the square, burst it open, and flung upward and outward a flash of blinding light, a spurt of smoke, a torrent of flying bricks and broken stones.
woman's
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From this reading Through the rattle and clatter of falling masonry and flying rubbish there came, piercing and shrill, the sound of a woman's screams.
