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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 THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
Africa
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
army
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From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
attack
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
await
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
Batteries
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
better
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
British
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From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
broke
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
cautiously
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
cavalry
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
cheerless
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
cold
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
conceal
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
copses
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
covered
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
CROSSING
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
dawn
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
deployed
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
effect
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
Europe
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
exceptionally
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
execute
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From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
fights
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
finest
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
frontier
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
hour's
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
Indian
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
infantry
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
MARNE
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
MeanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
MemoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
moved
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
movement
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From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
placed
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
pushed
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
readiness
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
reconnaissance
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
safely
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From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
scientifically
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From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
scouting
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
show
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From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
slope
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
some
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
soon
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
sort
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From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
South
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CROSSING OF THE MARNE As soon as dawn broke--a dawn exceptionally cold and cheerless--the cavalry pushed forward to effect some sort of reconnaissance.
turn
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From this reading Meanwhile the infantry had nothing better to do than to conceal themselves behind the copses that covered the slope, and await their turn.
undoubtedly
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From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Memories of South Africa and Indian frontier fights have left us undoubtedly the finest scouting army in Europe.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In about an hour's time they were deployed and moved cautiously forward to the attack, the Batteries being already placed in readiness for the beginning of the "show."
world
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From this reading No army in the world can execute this movement as scientifically or as safely as the British Army.
