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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 north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
according
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
alike
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
all
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
aromatic
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
away
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
beat
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
Belgian
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
bell-mistress
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
bells
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
Boche
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
bring
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
British
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
BUBBLES
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
carillon
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
carried
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
clean
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
day
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
desolation
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
east
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
exhalations
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
far-away
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
fields
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
filling
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
flesh
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
flowing
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
fog
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
French
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
gas
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
green
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
iron
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
Lesse
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
likely
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
melodiously
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
monstrous
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
music
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
night
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
north
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
orchards
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
pitted
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
played
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
rain
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
refreshing
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
Sainte
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
salient
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
season
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
sickened
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
snow
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From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
south
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
stretched
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
thundering
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
too
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From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
trees
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
trenches
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A north wind, according to season, brought snow or rain or fog upon British, French, Belgian and Boche alike.
very
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From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
vital
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
west
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From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Sometimes, too, it brought the pleasant music of the bells into far-away trenches, when the little bell-mistress of Sainte Lesse played the carillon.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BUBBLES An east wind was very likely to bring gas to the trenches north of the Sainte Lesse salient.
Winds
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the west wind was the vital wind, flowing melodiously through the trees--a clean, aromatic, refreshing wind, filling the sickened world with life again.
world
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From this reading Winds of the south carried distant exhalations from orchards and green fields into the pitted waste of ashes where that monstrous desolation stretched away beneath a thundering iron rain which beat all day, all night upon the dead flesh of the world.
