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Chapter VI
* * * * * The day was misty and still. October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on. Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new. In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little. Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “* * * * * The day was misty and still.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * * * * * The day was misty and still.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
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From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading * * * * * The day was misty and still.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
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From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
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From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on.
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From this reading October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on.
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From this reading * * * * * The day was misty and still.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
not any; not one
From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on.
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From this reading Every day, Foch on the battlefield of France and Belgium was bringing down the old Europe, and clearing the ground for the new.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * The day was misty and still.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * * * The day was misty and still.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
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From this reading In English villages and English farms, no less than in the big towns, there was ferment and excitement, though it showed but little.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * The day was misty and still.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would the boys be home by Christmas--the sons, the brothers, the husbands?
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From this reading October, the marvellous October of this year, was marching on.
