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Absolutely
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From this reading “Absolutely,” he affirmed.
adventures
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
affirmed
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From this reading “Absolutely,” he affirmed.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
aggressive
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From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
always
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And yet it succeeded,” Louise reminded him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
bare
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
Bellamy
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
bullying
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
countries
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
country
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
down
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
equal
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From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
Germany
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
go
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
government
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “And yet it succeeded,” Louise reminded him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
idea
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “And yet it succeeded,” Louise reminded him.
laid
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
late
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
lightheaded
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
Louise
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From this reading “And yet it succeeded,” Louise reminded him.
made
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
many
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From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
paper
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
PowersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
Premier
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
rather
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
recent
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
remarked
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
reminded
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From this reading “And yet it succeeded,” Louise reminded him.
responsibleadjectiveUS /rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/
having a duty to protect or manage something
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
smaller
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
succeeded
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From this reading “And yet it succeeded,” Louise reminded him.
taken
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From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
teach
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
ultimatum
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From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
whoever
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
wife
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From this reading “One thing, at least, these recent adventures should teach whoever may be responsible for the government of this country,” Bellamy remarked to his wife, as he laid down the morning paper.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We were always rather good at bullying smaller countries, but the bare idea of an ultimatum to Germany would have made our late Premier go lightheaded.”
years
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From this reading “For the first time in many years we have taken the aggressive against Powers of equal standing.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “And yet it succeeded,” Louise reminded him.
