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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 Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
air
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From this reading The air was like wine and the troops were in spirits.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
army
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
artillery
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
battery
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
best
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From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
coloured
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
column
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
coming
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
cool
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
Court-House
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
destination
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
didn't
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From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
dinner
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
encamped
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
fauns
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
Ford
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
frisked
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
gaiety
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From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
gift
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From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
grey
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
halted
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
horse
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
huge
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The air was like wine and the troops were in spirits.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
jokes
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
Kelly's
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
lambs
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
laughter
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
led
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
like
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From this reading The air was like wine and the troops were in spirits.
main
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
marching
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
men
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
much
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From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
noon
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
now
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
October
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
Orange
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
Pan
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
ragged
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From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
Rapidan
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
Rappahannock
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
regiments
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
road
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
singing
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
spirits
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From this reading The air was like wine and the troops were in spirits.
sunlight
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
superb
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From this reading They were ragged, and they didn’t have much for dinner, but gaiety was in their gift and a quite superb “make the best of it.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
There
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
three
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From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
trees
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
troops
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From this reading The air was like wine and the troops were in spirits.
up
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From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
very
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They were coming up from Orange Court-House and their destination was the main army now encamped below Kelly’s Ford.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Through the cool October sunlight three grey regiments and a battery of horse artillery were marching upon a road that led from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
wine
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From this reading The air was like wine and the troops were in spirits.
wood
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
young
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From this reading There were huge jokes, laughter, singing, and when at noon the column halted in a coloured wood for dinner, the men frisked among the trees like young lambs or very fauns of Pan.
