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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 shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
affected
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
all
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
antique
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
atrociousadjectiveUS /əˈtroʊʃəs/
shockingly wicked, cruel, or extremely bad
From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
balls
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
become
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
black
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
boulevards
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
calm
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
career
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
children
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
collision
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
country
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
credited
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
days
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
displaying
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
echo
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From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
empire
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
examining
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
far
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From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
few
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
fired
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From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
formed
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
formidableadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrmɪdəbəl/
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
four
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
fourteen
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
front
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
gravity
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
hero
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
hit
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
including
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
indignant
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
journals
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
Levaque
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
lost
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
magistrate
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
mid
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
Montsou
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From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
narratives
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
omnipotence
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
opinion
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
opposition
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
pages
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
Paris
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From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
Parisian
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
prisoners
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
public
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
reached
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From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
realizing
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
reply
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
shots
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From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
simply
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
soon
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
sort
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
sublimity
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
taken
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
there
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
three
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
twenty-five
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
two
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
unfortunate
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
very
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From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
well
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From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And there were prisoners taken as well; Levaque had become a sort of hero, and was credited with a reply of antique sublimity to the examining magistrate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The shots fired at Montsou had reached as far as Paris with a formidable echo.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
women
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was simply an unfortunate collision, something lost over there in the black country, very far from the Parisian boulevards which formed public opinion; it would soon be forgotten.
wound
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From this reading The empire, hit in mid career by these few balls, affected the calm of omnipotence, without itself realizing the gravity of its wound.
wounded
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From this reading For four days all the opposition journals had been indignant, displaying atrocious narratives on their front pages: twenty-five wounded, fourteen dead, including three women and two children.
